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Barcelona battling to keep Messi from Beijing Olympics

This comes despite Argentina's insistence he commits to their Beijing Olympics campaign.

"Our goal is to go with all our players, including Messi. We believe that we are within our rights and that the player should not be released by us," said Begiristain. "We are in constant contact with the AFA (Argentina FA)."

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