Argentina's Lionel Messi kisses the World Cup trophy arsenic helium holds the Golden Ball grant aft Argentina's World Cup triumph successful 2022. (PHOTO: REUTERS)
Lionel Messi successful a caller interrogation with writer Fabrizio Romano revealed that helium did not cognize if helium would beryllium playing the 2026 World Cup slated to instrumentality spot successful the United States successful 2 years but presently helium wanted to decorativeness this ongoing twelvemonth good with his Inter Miami outfit successful the MLS.
“I don’t cognize (if I volition play successful the 2026 World Cup), they inquire maine a lot, particularly successful Argentina. I anticipation to decorativeness this twelvemonth well, and commencement the twelvemonth having a bully preseason, which I didn’t person past twelvemonth owed to each the trips we had,” helium said.
“From there, I volition spot however I americium doing and feeling. We are close, but astatine the aforesaid clip it’s a batch of clip and thing tin hap successful football. I don’t think, simply surviving the time to time without reasoning beyond,” helium added.
A fewer weeks ago, the 2022 FIFA World Cup victor had said helium has not enactment a timeline connected his planetary aboriginal arsenic helium enjoys contributing for the nationalist broadside successful a lively environment.
“I haven’t acceptable immoderate day oregon deadline regarding my future, I conscionable privation to bask each of this. It moves maine much than ever to beryllium present and consciousness the emotion of the radical due to the fact that I cognize these could beryllium my past matches.
“This drives me. Enjoying being blessed wherever I am. Despite my age, erstwhile I’m here, I consciousness similar a kid due to the fact that I’m comfy with this team. As agelong arsenic I consciousness bully and tin support performing the mode I want, we’ll support enjoying it,” Messi explained.