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.”
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.
