World Cup winner Lionel Messi is about to return to work at Paris Saint-Germain subsequent week, his membership coach Christophe Galtier mentioned on Tuesday. Messi, 35, was the lynchpin of the Argentina facet that received the World Cup in Qatar 9 days in the past, scoring twice within the ultimate towards France which completed in a penalty shoot-out victory. He then returned to Argentina along with his teammates to have fun their third World Cup triumph.

“Leo had a really large World Cup along with his victory,” mentioned Galtier on the eve of PSG’s assembly with Strasbourg as Ligue 1 kicks off once more on Wednesday after the World Cup break. “He had to return to Argentina for the celebrations and we decided that he was going to be off until January 1. He will come and join us either on the second or third (January) to pick up the season with us.

“He may have had between 13 and 14 days of restoration.”

Messi looks likely to miss two Ligue 1 matches and the French Cup match at Chateauroux, possibly making his return at home against Angers on January 11. He is also expected to sit down with PSG president Nasser Al-Khelaifi and other top club officials to pen a one-season extension to his current deal in the French capital which expires in the summer.

PSG’s other World Cup players, notably Kylian Mbappe and Neymar “can be obtainable for the match tomorrow (Wednesday)”, said Galtier.  Mbappe could even start, having returned to training just three days after the disappointment of losing the World Cup final, in spite of his hat-trick.

“We made sure to manage on a case-by-case basis,” said Galtier. “After speaking with him, Kylian needed to affix us pretty shortly.”

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