Lionel Messi Returns To Training As Barcelona Set For El -Classico

Barcelona’s forward player superstar, Lionel Messi has returned to training on Monday as Barcelona set to play El-classico.

Lionel Messi felled by a knee injury that has kept him from the pitch since late September, continues to inch closer to a return, as the club announced that the pint-sized Argentine was back in training on Monday.

A significant boost to La Liga leaders as they visit Santiago Bernabeu stadium to face second-placed Real Madrid .

It remains unclear if Messi, the all-time leading scorer in the history of El Clasico with 21 goals, will be fit for Saturday’s installment of Europe’s most enthralling football rivalry.

The attacking wizard was diagnosed with a ligament tear in his left knee on Sept. 26, and club doctors put a timetable of 7 to 8 weeks on his potential return to the pitch, meaning a return in Saturday’s contest at the Santiago Bernabeu would come exactly eight weeks after he sustained the ailment against LasPalmas