After helping Argentina win the World Cup in Qatar last year, Lionel Messi, 35, said in an interview with Chinese media on Tuesday that he “doesn’t think” he would participate in another World Cup.
In a video interview with China’s Titan Sports, he was asked if he may play in the 2026 tournament in North America. “I have said several times before that I don’t think so, that that (2022) was my last World Cup,” he responded.
In the video posted on the Kuaishou app, he said in Spanish, “I will see how things go, but theoretically I don’t think I will be around for the next World Cup.”