Friday, December 23, 2011

Barcelona's Lionel Messi Given Extended Christmas Extra Four Days Off Over The Festive Period.

Argentine international has already returned home to Rosario to be with his family for the holidays and will not have to fly back to Catalunya until January 2 and the Barcelona coach Josep Guardiola has given Lionel Messi an extra 4 days off over the festive period.

A Catalans resume training after their short winter break on December 29 but their talismanic Argentine forward, who is spending Christmas with his family in Rosario will not have to report back until January 2 in the razilian right back in Dani Alves has also been given some extra time off to the former Sevilla ace having been told, he does not have to return to Spain until December 31.

The Barca's South American contingent and Mali international Seydou Keita were all excused from Thursday night's Copa del Rey clash with Hospitalet in order to allow them to return home early for the holidays and the European champions are not in action again until the day after Messi's return, January 3, when they take on Osasuna in the Copa del Rey and they then face rivals Espanyol in La Liga 5 days later.

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