The Argentina national team manager Edgardo Bauza has revealed the dispute between Leo Messi and the FC Barcelona medical team that has taken place in the last hours.

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The Barça doctors recommended that Messi should not travel to his home country given the groin and thigh soreness in his left leg. The player, however, insisted in attending the Argentina camp, ahead of their upcoming World Cup qualification games against Uruguay and Venezuela.

"The club recommended against him travelling but he said 'No, no, I am travelling'", Bauza stated in an interview with Fox Argentina.

The player returned to the Catalan capital after the game against Athletic at San Mames with muscular pain. Following the relevant medical checks, the club stated that Messi would be travelling to his country "with a consensual medical note" between the Blaugrana and the Argentine Football Association (AFA).

"The evolution of the soreness will determine his availability to dispute the programmed games", the official Barça statement concluded.

Messi, who had announced his interntational retirement after losing the Copa America final, decided to return to the national team after personally speaking with Bauza in Barcelona earlier this month.