Official: Messi has a quadriceps contracture

The mystery has finally been unraveled. Messi is injured. The “absolute calm” that the club showed to argue its absence in training on Wednesday has given way to “the player has stayed in the gym recovering from a contracture in the quadriceps of his right leg.” So it is no longer a job of prevention as the club explained on Wednesday, but is recovering from injury.

It must be remembered that TV3 revealed that the player had suffered a puncture in the adductor of his right leg on Tuesday and that he was subsequently subjected to an ultrasound that confirmed a micro-rupture. A small-scale injury – between seven to ten days of recovery – but which makes him doubtful for LaLiga's re-debut against Mallorca today.

Obviously, the situation was unsustainable after confirming that Messi had not left this Friday to train. The club decided to backtrack on its explanations of prevention work and try to give a more plausible argument to this situation, in any case leaving its management in question when transmitting the information in this case. In fact, as AS has learned, a club physical therapist visited Leo at his home on Thursday to continue with the recovery work.

Who has not jumped onto the field in the session this Friday is Ansu Fati, who on Thursday passed through the Ciutat Esportiva despite having the holiday template. The young striker continues with his patellar tendon problems. A situation, as this newspaper announced, that worries and occupies the club.