Messi is unlikely to feature at this summer's Olympic
Games in Rio de Janeiro.
The 28-year-old guided his country to gold in Beijing in 2008
and suggested last year that he would be open to competing
again in Brazil.
But Martino has made it clear that he has no intention of
putting Messi at risk of injury by asking him to attend the
Games after playing in the Copa America in June.
"Messi won't go to the Olympic Games because there are a
lot of competitions for the national team this year," Martino
told Radio La Red .
"We have the Copa America, the Olympics and after that a
number of World Cup qualifiers. I want to win the Olympics
very much but not at any price, nor for throwing the players
on to the pitch for them to die there.
"The reality at Barcelona shows the season will be long."
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