Messi doesn't hold back anything: "As long as I feel good and I can continue playing, I'll do it"

Lionel Messi ready to defend his title at the 2026 World Cup? Why not. In any case, the main party no longer sets any limits. The Inter Miami player is first thinking about the Copa America next summer. “As long as I feel good and I can continue to play, I will do it,” he said on ESPN about his international career with the Albiceleste. All I think about today is getting to the Copa America and being able to play there. So time will tell whether I will participate in the World Cup or not. I'm going to be at an age (39 years old, Editor's note) which normally doesn't allow me to compete in the World Cup. It seemed like after the 2022 World Cup I was retiring. Now I want to be with the team more than ever. We are living a special moment, I want to make the most of it, without thinking two or three years in advance, which is a lot in football. It's huge, indeed.

After spending his entire career at Barça, Messi, 36, joined Paris Saint-Germain in 2021. A painful two-year experience for the Argentinian, expatriated in MLS and in this case in Miami since last summer. A few weeks ago, he inherited the 2023 Ballon d'Or, his eighth coronation. This is obviously a record. “Maybe we will do well in the Copa America and everything will work out for me to continue. Maybe not. It’s hard,” he adds. He continued: “Being a world champion changed me knowing that in my job I could achieve anything.” And it's not over…