Spanish football club FC Barcelona returned to training on Monday with Argentine star Lionel Messi and Brazilian forward Neymar among its players before the team travels to Zurich to attend the Ballon d'Or 2015 Award ceremony, where they are both nominated for the Player of the Year award.
Barcelona's training session was led by head coach Luis Enrique, who is also nominated for the World Coach of the Year award. However, he will not be heading to Zurich later on Monday night.
Barcelona's workouts started in preparation for the Copa del Rey round of 16 second leg against Espanyol next Wednesday.
After Monday's workouts, Messi and Neymar travelled to the Swiss city along with Andres Iniesta, Dani Alves and the president of Barcelona, Josep Maria Bartomeu.
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