Lionel Messi is still on strike - 24 hours after the Argentine struck an uneasy truce with Barcelona. Messi, who spent the last two weeks trying to force his departure from the Nou Camp, was still missing from training when Ronald Koeman put his squad through their paces in training.
He has been AWOL for a week after insisting that the terms of his contract allowed him to leave the Catalan giants for free.
Manchester City were waiting to pounce with a £100million-a-year contract that would reunite the 33-year-old with Pep Guardiola.
With a month to go before the transfer window closes, Etihad chiefs will continue to monitor whether the peace between Messi and beleaguered president Josep Maria Bartomeu holds up.
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