Leo Messi (36 years old) has not been able to participate due to injury in the two friendlies won by Argentina in the last few days against El Salvador (3-0) and Costa Rica (3-1). The MLS Inter Miami forward took the opportunity to give a juicy interview on the Big Time podcast, where he reviewed key moments in his career such as his arrival at the Barça and his abrupt departure in the summer of 2021.
“The change was difficult when I went to PSG, because I was doing very well in Barcelona and I planned to stay there. I was not prepared to leave, everything happened very quickly, I had to rebuild my life from one day to the next. I got to know another league, another club, a new locker room. It was a change that we were not looking for and that is why it was difficult at first,” he recalled of that situation that led him to PSG in a few days.
The Argentine star went further when evoking his first days in Barcelona in September 2000: “For me it was difficult when I arrived in Barcelona. I was a child and I had to adapt to new friends, new country, new city, new people, new school. It was difficult for me at first, but I thought I was doing what I wanted, playing football, in a great team like Barcelona and that made me able to move forward, it was impressive and I enjoyed it a lot. They have always treated me very well in Barcelona, I am grateful to them.”
Taking a leap in time, at his age it is time to talk about the never-desired moment of retirement from football: “I know that the moment I feel that I am no longer able to perform, that I am no longer enjoying or helping my teammates, I’ll leave it. I am very self-critical of myself, I know when I am good, when I am bad, when I play well and when I play badly. When I feel it’s time to take that step, I will take it without thinking about age. If I feel good I will always try to continue competing because it is what I like and what I know how to do.”
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A revelation about the World Cup
In that sense he revealed that if he had not won the Qatar World Cup in 2022 would have left the Argentine national team: “Being world champions for us, the families and the entire country was magical, it will stay with us for a lifetime. “I probably would have left the national team if we didn’t become champions, but luckily it happened to us and we gave another title to Argentina.”
Regarding what he will do when he leaves football, he noted that “I have not yet thought about what I am going to do when I retire, today I try to enjoy the day to day, the moments, without thinking about the afterlife. I have nothing clear. Still, I hope to continue playing for a while longer, which is what I like. When the time comes I will surely find the way to what fulfills me and what I like and a new role. On a sporting level I was lucky to be able to get all “My dreams and the truth is that I can’t ask for more. Thank God he gave me so much on a professional and human level, as well as with my family, my friends. I try to enjoy everything that God has given me so far, which is a lot.”
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