Lionel Messi may be a doubt for Argentina's World Cup qualifiers next week after Barcelona confirmed on Monday that their star has a sore left hamstring.
The 29-year-old underwent tests at Barca's training ground on Monday after he ended Sunday's 1-0 La Liga win against Athletic Bilbao in
discomfort.
However, the Blaugrana remain happy for the player to travel to South America and link up with Edgardo Bauza's squad.
Argentina, currently third in the CONMEBOL qualification group, host Uruguay on Sept. 2 beforevfacing Venezuela away on Sept. 7 and Messi is to make his much-anticipated return for these matches.
Barcelona said in a statement: "Tests conducted today have confirmed that Lionel Messi has a sore left adductor muscle. Both the Medical Services of FC Barcelona and the AFA have agreed on this report.
"The player will travel to Argentina to join thevnational team and the evolution of the discomfort will decide his availability to play in the games scheduled." #FCBlive Leo Messi, con molestias en el adductor
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- FC Barcelona (@FCBarcelona_es) August 29, 2016
The Argentina federation (AFA) has not yet commented on their plans nor the nature of the injury.
On Monday, AFA announced that Sergio Agueroband Javier Pastore were both injured and will notbplay in either qualifier.
Messi, 29, called it quits on his national team after missing a penalty in the shootout defeat to Chile in
this summer's Copa America Centenario final -- the third consecutive loss for Argentina in a major final.
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