Eight Ballon d'Or Awards, 12 League titles, two Copa Americas and one World Cup … but Lionel Messi is not yet fully done.
That is, according to the Inter Miami teammate Luis Suarez of the Argentina, who has opened himself about Messi's future plans.
Messi, 37, who came to Inter Miami in the summer of 2023, the new MLS season started in good shape with eight goals in 10 games.
And last week it was reported that the club in Florida, co-ownership of David Beckham, was ready to offer him an annual extension of his deal.
Messi, considered by many as the biggest football player of all time, finally won the biggest price of the game when Argentina won the World Cup 2022 in Qatar.
He was rather vague when he interviewed about his intentions to play a role in the defense of their country of their world crown during next summer's tournament.
“I always said that things happen for a reason and I never walk for myself. I live day after day, I try to enjoy every moment, and when it comes to decide whether I can be with the next World Cup, we will see, “he said last year.
But now his Inter Miami teammate Luis Suarez has lifted the lid about what Messi has said behind closed doors.
'Pension? Leo Messi has the desire to play at the World Cup 2026 with Argentina, “the Uruguayan told Ovacion.
'Messi and I talked about retirement on a joke, but he is really looking forward to playing in next year's world cup.
“It's hard to talk about a deadline about an end. A football player has to prepare because he is not yet ready.
And in his own future, the 38-year-old former Liverpool striker added: “Time will learn when I will be ready, but I still have that burning desire to play, to compete.”
Argentina has already sealed the qualification for the tournament in the United States, Canada and Mexico.
Other results in the South American qualification group confirmed their place as one of the 48 teams in the tournament. They then celebrated Brazil 4-1 in Buenos Aires by Bitter Rivals.
Messi missed that match, together with the qualification against Uruguay that preceded it, due to an adductor muscle injury.
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