Tata Martino has reiterated that Lionel Messi will not play at the Olympics.

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The Argentine star will be used at the Copa America in the USA in June, but his former Barcelona boss is not going to register him as one of the three permissible overage players at the Olympic Games in Rio, Brazil.

"Messi won't go to the Olympic Games because there is a lot of competition for the national team this year," Martino told Radio La Red.

"We have the Copa America, the Olympic Games and after that four rounds of the qualifiers.

"The reality at Barcelona shows the season will be long. I want to win very much but not at any price, nor for throwing the players on to the pitch for them to die there."