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Lionel Messi back in Argentina squad

Mar 08, 2019

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Lionel Messi is back with the Argentina national team, for the first time since last year's World Cup. 

The Barcelona star has been on a self-imposed sabbatical after his country was eliminated in the last-16 of the tournament in Russia.

Messi is now expected to play in at least one of Argentina's friendlies against Venezuela and Morocco this month.

Marouane Fellaini retires from international football

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Former Man United midfielder Marouane Fellaini has retired from international duty with Belgium. 

He's played 87 times for his country over the past 12 years, and was part of the squad that finished third at least year's World Cup in Russia.

The 31 year old is currently playing his club football in the Chinese Super League with Shandong Luneng.

Solari will be allowed to keep his job as Real Madrid manager

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The latest reports from Spain say Santiago Solari will be allowed to keep his job as Real Madrid manager until the end of the season. 

Insiders say the board feels that there are no suitable candidates to take over for the next couple of months, and they'd rather make a fresh start in the summer.

Real are on the hunt for Solari's permanent replacement, after the club were left with nothing to play for this season, having been eliminated from the Champions League and Copa Del Rey, while they're third in La Liga.