Barcelona is in no rush to play Lionel Messi upon his return from injury as they aim to prevent any unforeseen relapse that could cause harm to their campaign this season.

The club has made it clear that they would not risk the Argentine forward against Valencia. He trained with the rest of the squad on Wednesday morning and there are doubts over his full fitness to face Valencia on Saturday.Messi sustained a calf injury and the team managers are set to wait till his 100 percent fit to play before he is fielded despite the fact that they have a difficult start to this season’s campaign.

The Champions League is their main focus this term has dominated the La Liga in the previous seasons, Barcelona will entertain Borussia Dortmund on Tuesday, they are prepared to rest Messi against Valencia and unleash him against Dortmund in the Champions League. Messi’s last game for Barcelona was against Valencia in the Copa del Rey final on the 25th of May.The last time he played a football match was for Argentina at the Copa America on July 6.