Barcelona star Lionel Messi will not make the trip to Italy for today’s Champions League game against Inter Milan, the Spanish club confirmed yesterday.

Antonio Conte’s Inter still have to book their place in the last 16. They are second, level on seven points with Borussia Dortmund who host Slavia Prague.

Inter will qualify if the two clubs finish on the same number of points due to their superior head-to-head goal difference.