Lionel Messi has expressed uncertainty regarding his involvement in the upcoming World Cup, which is set to be co-hosted by the United States, Mexico, and Canada in 2026. At that time, Messi will be 39 years old.


“I don’t know if I will get there,” he told Argentine media personality Miguel Garrados in an interview broadcast on YouTube Thursday. “I don’t think about it yet because it is far away.”

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For now, Messi said he is focused on the 2024 US-hosted Copa America tournament.
“After the Copa America we’ll see, it will depend on how I feel,” he said. “There are still three years left.”
Lionel Messi, the captain of Argentina, has expressed uncertainty regarding his involvement in the upcoming World Cup, which is set to be co-hosted by the United States, Mexico, and Canada in 2026. At that time, Messi will be 39 years old.

“It was not what I expected but I’ve always said that things happen for a reason,” Messi said of his Paris years, adding he “wasn’t well there.”
Before relocating to Florida to play for Inter Miami in Major League Soccer, the seven-time Ballon d'Or winner had previously declared on multiple times that he was dissatisfied at PSG.