Lionel Messi recognizes ‘that there is little time left’ until his retirement and predicts that ‘he will miss everything: when will he leave?

The end of an era is approaching. Lionel Messi He continues to signal his retirement from professional football, after stating that Inter Miami will be the last club of his successful career.

Messi spoke in the last hours with Marcelo Tinelli, former president of San Lorenzo de Almagro, about when his retirement from professional football will be. The ’10’ left words that fill any football lover with nostalgia.

Messi doubts playing the World Cup

Lionel Messi He said it after conquering the World Cup Qatar 2022, that was going to be his last World Cup; However, his good physical condition makes Argentine fans dream, but the ’10’ decided to be cautious and not throw false promises into the air, leaving open the possibility of an early retirement.

“I don’t know what’s going to happen between now and the 2026 World Cup, I don’t know if I’m going to be at the same level as the teammates next to me, I don’t know if I’m going to be… There’s less and less left until (the race) is over. “I’m going to miss everything,” the star said about hanging up his hats.

“At Inter Miami there is a little more freedom, the pressure is different. Here you have time to have more life, in quotes, to do other things than being in Europe. Take care, rest well, eat well and then because if we don’t get the result, they won’t take away everything you did in the week,” she added.

For the ’10’, Inter Miami will be the last chapter of his life and he will have to analyze with his family if he is willing to play beyond December 31, 2025, when he will be 38 years old.

Argentina will always fight

I always said and say that Argentina is the favorite, but well, because of our way of being, we are always the best, we always take things for granted and we took a lot of hits for that.

The 36-year-old Argentine is enjoying his family and personal life more, something that was unthinkable a few years ago in Catalonia and in Paris.

“Speaking about sports, of experiencing things, of enjoying them, I do enjoy it much more now, I give much more value to things. The day to day. The concentrations are sometimes long, they are eternal, they are difficult, a lot of time in a room, but when you are in a nice group, when you get along with people it is better,” he stated.

Regarding
the possibility of winning his second Copa América with Argentina, the captain was clear: “I always said and say that Argentina is the favorite, but well, because of the way we are, we are always the best, we always give things were done and we hit each other a lot for that. Today we can say that we are the best, because we are the last world champions, but that does not mean that we are going to win this Copa América walking,” he said.

Lio was grateful for the last few years he has lived with the Albiceleste team: “I was always grateful for the love I received throughout my career. And it was like everyone wanted it to end that way, that I couldn’t leave football without being world champion. And well, thank God it was possible and for me I have crowned everything and I have achieved much more than I dreamed of when I started, because I never imagined that I would experience everything,” explained the ’10’.

And he added: “I think that everything happens for a reason and that everything is written. For me, if it has to be, it will be and it will be now. And it is marked and God had kept in mind that it had to be this way and that is why it happened.”

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