DHAKA: Following a week of exercising alone, Neymar joined his Barcelona teammates at the Ciutat Esportiva on Monday in what was his first team training session since a reckless challenge from Juan Camilo Zúñiga left him with a fractured vertebra in the World Cup quarter-finals.

Neymar post a picture captured with Lionel Messi during training session on his Instagram, saying "Happy to be able to train again with my teammates!!!"

Neymar has been put on a "specific fitness routine" by Barca since returning from holiday last week.

There's still no word on whether or not he'll be ready to take the pitch on Aug. 24, when the Catalan club host Elche in their La Liga opener.

Mathieu and Xavi, who missed the trips to Geneva and Helsinki, were able to train normally Tuesday despite not officially having received medical clearance. Bartra worked out in isolation and Adriano joined in with part of the group session.

Four Barça B players were also involved, namely Grimaldo, Samper, Sandro and Munir, while Ié and Halilovic have both gone back to Eusebio Sacristán and the reserve team. New Belgian signing Thomas Vermaelen did specific physiotherapy work.

Source: theScore, FCBarcelona.com

BDST: 1101 HRS, AGU 12, 2014