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Argentina want Messi back in the national team, says Dybala

The playmaker has taken on greater responsibilities in a youthful Albiceleste line-up since the captain went on post-World Cup sabbatical

Juventus' Argentina star Paulo Dybala has expressed his desire for Lionel Messi to end his international sabbatical and rejoin his Albiceleste team-mates.

Messi's last game for Argentina came on June 30, when the South Americans were knocked out of the World Cup by France at the last 16 in a 4-3 thriller.

Since then the Barcelona man has focused exclusively on his club, declining inclusion in any of the three squads prepared by interim coach Lionel Scaloni since Russia.