Inter Miami coach reveals date Lionel Messi will return by amid recovery from ankle injury READ MORE: Injured Lionel Messi enjoys quality family time on luxurious boat By Alastair Talbot Published: 17:17 EDT, 23 August 2024 | Updated: 17:21 EDT, 23 August 2024 e-mail View comments Superstar Lionel Messi will return to Inter Miami before the start of the MLS playoffs, head coach Tata Martino revealed on Friday. Messi, 37, has been away from the team since he suffered a high-ankle injury while playing for Argentina against Colombia in the Copa America final on July 14. Martino said he did not know when Messi would be back, but assured that the Argentinian would play in at least one of the club's nine remaining regular-season matches.
The regular season ends Oct. 19 in a match against the New England Revolution . 'I wouldn't be able to give an approximate number of days that he returns to training but it is not a situation that is too far away,' Martino said, per ESPN.
Lionel Messi, 37, is expected to play in one of Miami's last nine regular season games this fall Miami's coach Tata Martino is in no rush to bring his back Messi in the starting XI anytime soon Read More Lionel Messi's bodyguard breaks a WALL in brutal combat workout 'There is a part of the injuries that have to do with the physical and there is a part of the injuries that has to do with the mental, so we have to overcome them both ways and I think that he is going through that process. 'He is feeling better and b.