Wednesday, January 7, 2026, 18:43
Leo Messi has shown his most personal side, leaving confessions that will surprise more than one. The Argentine star continues to be a reference on the playing fields despite being 38 years old and accumulating trophies as if time had passed by him. The most recent came at the end of last year in the United States, with the MLS Cup won with Inter Miami after defeating the Vancouver Whitecaps.
A success that leaves him on the verge of fifty team titles (he has 48), in addition to an endless list of individual awards, among which the 8 Ballon d’Ors stand out. Since that final, the ’10’ has not worn shorts again, while everyone is looking to see him in the colors of Argentina in the next World Cup.
Not much given to talking about his intimacy, Messi revealed little-known aspects of his character in an interview on ‘Luzu TV’. The Argentine made clear the importance he gives to the family and his way of managing problems: «Now I don’t do therapy. At the time I did therapy. “I’m a big fan of taking things for myself, of keeping problems to myself.” However, he acknowledges that over the years he has changed a lot and that when he has a sporting problem there is always someone he can rely on: “He talks to my dad a lot. In that sense, he was always my old man.
The former Barcelona footballer even went so far as to describe himself as someone “strange”, with sincerity and in terms that are unusual for him. “The truth is that I’m weirder than shit,” he confessed to everyone’s surprise. «I like to be alone, I enjoy being alone. With the hustle and bustle of the house, with the three boys running around, it ends up saturating me and I like my moment,” says the ’10’.
Furthermore, Messi recognizes that he is very superstitious and that he likes that there is nothing that changes his routines. «I think Antonella can say more things than me, but my mood depends on nonsense: if they change something for me or they change what I had to do… I am very structured. If I have the day organized in a way and something happens that was not already organized…” he confessed, drawing a meticulous profile and not a fan of leaving things to improvisation.
“I like wine”
There was also time for a relaxed tone when remembering a video that went viral after winning the MLS, in which he was seen dancing with his teammates. «I saw it, I saw it. I don’t like the little train; It wasn’t the first, we had made five hundred little trains,” he confessed with a laugh. In addition, he acknowledged that to dance, he has to be “a little bit off.” «I like wine. If not, with soda so that it hits quickly,” he commented in a relaxed tone.
When reviewing his time at Barça, Messi returned to a well-known wound: the difficulty of performing with the Argentine national team at the same level as in the club and the weight of criticism. «In Barcelona I was doing spectacularly. But I went to Argentina and I was a weirdo. They insulted me, I was doing poorly, we were not given the results. The ones who suffered the most were my family, because they were the ones who stayed in Argentina. They ate the programs, the reviews and many things that I didn’t know about because I didn’t see them. But they were aware of everything, they suffered a lot. For me, every day made me think about the following. A reflection that summarizes years of pressure, distance and silence, endured far from the media spotlight.
