While Premier League stars are seeing their fitness levels pushed all the way over the festive period, Barcelona superstar Lionel Messi is seeing in the new year in a far more relaxing fashion.
In a touching family pic, Messi is sat on his sofa with wife Antonella and his sons Thiago and Mateo.
While Messi is committed to Barca he has earlier gone on record to say he sees himself, even if only for a few months, playing for boyhood club Old Boys.
December 30 represented the last Sunday of rest for Messi before attention quickly turns to the second half of the season and the bid to add more silverware to his already glittering career.
A refreshed Messi can only be good news for Barca and they will be hoping this mini-break relaxing with his family will see him pick up where he left off.
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