Barcelona captain Lionel Messi trained with the side on Monday for the first time since requesting to leave the club last month.<br /><br />Messi had failed to turn up to the club's tests for Covid-19 eight days ago and he has been absent from all subsequent sessions ahead of the new campaign.<br /><br />He told Goal.com last week that he is staying put at the club where he has played for almost his entire career.<br /><br />WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news<br />SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar<br />LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline
