Messi recovers from bug in time to take the field against Celtic

Lionel Messi looks set to face Celtic tomorrow after overcoming a bug.

Messi missed Barca’s goalless home draw against Malaga on Saturday through illness but was back in training yesterday.

Celtic winger Scott Sinclair has no fears ahead of the visit of Barcelona as he looks for major improvement on their Nou Camp showing, when they lost 7-0.

Sinclair was heartened by Celtic’s progress between their double header against Borussia Monchengladbach, when they drew 1-1 in Germany following a 2-0 home loss.

He believes they can make significantly greater advances when they try to get off the bottom of their Champions League group.

“We have learned a lot and everyone will just be looking forward to that game, including the fans,” he said.

“It’s a massive game for us to prove ourselves. “There’s no apprehension. “We’ve learned a lot from that game.

“Even when we went away to Monchengladbach we showed the difference when we conceded.

“We lost the game at home, but we went there and drew.”

He added: “Manchester City beat Barcelona, so anything can happen and it’s very different when you’re playing at home. Being in front of our own crowd will spur us on because those fans are unbelievable.

“Barcelona have been beaten here before, so, hopefully, we’ll do it again.”

Meanwhile, Ronny Deila has revealed the demands of being Celtic manager caused him anxiety attacks.

The Norwegian had sleepless nights and saw his personality affected during his two-year spell at Celtic Park.

The 41-year-old stepped down at the end of last season after winning a second consecutive title, but a failure to qualify for the Champions League and add to his sole League Cup success in the cup competitions had put him under pressure.

Deila admitted he underestimated what he was letting himself in for when he left Norwegian title winners Stromsgodset to take over from Neil Lennon.

“But I would take the challenge at Celtic a thousand times again,” he added. “With hindsight I see that I didn’t have a chance to understand how big a club Celtic is.

“We have 10 million fans, play 60 games a season. You have to win all the time. One loss leads to unrest, two are a disaster and three, you are fired.”