Thirty-six-year-old Lionel Messi is coming to the end of his career in professional football. The Argentinian believes that he has little chance of being able to defend the world title gleaned with Argentina in 2022.
Although he may be considered by many to be the best player in the history of football, Lionel Messi is not a superman and the clock of life passes as quickly for him as for ordinary mortals. In fact, the former FC Barcelona player is now thirty-six years old and his career as a professional footballer is coming to an end. While he has just signed with Inter Miami until December 2025, he knows that he has very little chance of playing in the 2026 World Cup.
Defending the title won with great struggle in 2022 on the side of Qatar, Lionel Messi may secretly want it, but he would then be thirty-nine years old. A canonical age for an offensive player. Whatever his talent. The Argentinian has no illusions on the subject and has also entrusted it to Argentinian television. On Wednesday, the latter posted the interview conducted two weeks earlier with “La Pulga”. ” I don’t believe I’ll make it“, he indicated, speaking of his possible presence during the 2026 World Cup.
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And retirement?
As for his retirement, Lionel Messi is a little more vague. ” I don’t know. It will happen when it happens. (…) Logic and my age suggest that it will be soon, but I do not know when exactly. Inter Miami and Argentina fans are hoping it will be as late as possible.
