Messi wants but doesn’t know – Sports

(ANSA) – Buenos Aires, December 1 – Almost a year after winning the World Cup, Argentina’s captain and all-time top scorer, Lionel Messi, has said he would like to play in a sixth World Cup in 2026, but he has admitted that. It will be difficult.
In an interview with Star+, the Argentine star confirmed that he wants “more than ever” to compete in the World Cup again, which will be hosted by Mexico, the United States and Canada, but he admitted that “to be realistic, it will be complicated.”
“Today, the only thing I think about is reaching the Copa America”, which will be organized by those same countries next year and in which the “Albiceleste” will also defend his title, since he celebrated it in 2021 in Brazil.
He said: “After the World Cup in Qatar, it seemed as if I would retire, but today it is exactly the opposite. I want to be there more than ever.”
He admitted that in the next version he will be “at an age (39) that wouldn’t normally allow me to do that.”
It is certain that those who come to see him on the field in the first World Cup with 48 participants are the organizers who are betting on his popularity to promote the tournament.
The same thing happens with the Copa America (after which he confirmed that fellow world champion Angel Di Maria would retire), because that was the goal of adding Messi to Major League Soccer (MLS), when he landed at Inter Miami. (I forget).