Lionel Messi will be back in Barcelona tomorrow.

Messi has fully recovered from his hamstring injury and expects to be immediately available for selection.

"After spending new year with my people, I'm flying to Barcelona on January 1 and we'll then have to see when I'll be fit to make my return," he told Mundo Leo.

"The aim will be to get me back to full fitness and the idea is then for me to play a couple of practice games with my colleagues before playing a proper match again."