Barca to let Messi stay at Olympic Games

    Thursday, August 7, 2008

    Barcelona will allow Lionel Messi to remain with the Argentina squad for the duration of the Olympic Games. Messi was selected to represent Argentina at the Games, but after the 21-year-old joined up with the squad in China the Court of Arbitration for Sport ruled that clubs did not have to release players because the Olympics do not appear on the official FIFA calendar. This afternoon sporting director Txiki Begiristain and coach Pep Guardiola officially confirmed they would not be recalling ...

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