Todibo: Messi was defended very carefully in Barcelona training Bundesliga Due to fear of injuring the star

Jean-Clair Todibo joined Schalke on six-month loan from Barcelona on January 15, which includes an option to buy for the German side, but the French centre-back has discussed what it was like going up against Lionel Messi in training whilst at the Camp Nou.

Clearly, injuries occur in training sessions and Barcelona made clear that Messi should be protected.

"We all knew that he couldn't get injured," Todibo told Bild when talking about Messi.

"Messi was defended very carefully in training.

"I learned a lot from Messi and I even tackled him a few times, but I was careful not to hurt him."

In order to bring Todibo to the club, Schalke have paid Barcelona a 1.5 million euro loan fee while they will have the option to buy for 25 million euros plus five million euros in add-ons.

Should Schalke decide to exercise this option, Barcelona will have the option to sign Todibo back for 50 million euros plus 10 million euros in add-ons.