Exclusive Interview with Lionel Messi: Plans to Retire When No Longer Enjoying Playing

2024-03-27 14:17:47

In a podcast called Big Time broadcast by Saudi television, Lionel Messi declared that he would end his playing career when he no longer enjoys playing. The Argentinian is under contract with Inter Miami until the end of 2025.

“I know when I’m good and when I’m bad.” Lionel Messi, 36, said he would end his football career when he no longer enjoys playing, in a podcast called Big Time, broadcast by Saudi television this week. He is under contract with Inter Miami – for whom he has scored 16 goals in 19 first-team appearances since leaving Paris Saint-Germain a year ago – until the end of 2025.

“I know that as soon as I think that I can no longer perform well, that I no longer enjoy playing or that I am no longer able to help my teammates, I stop, assured Lionel Messi. I know when I’m good and when I’m bad. When I retire, it doesn’t matter how old I get. If I feel good, I’ll keep playing.”

A different project if he hadn’t been world champion

Asked about his post-career plans, Messi admitted: “I haven’t thought about it yet, I’m still focusing on enjoying playing football every day. I hope to continue playing a little longer, c “That’s my plan. After that, I’ll try to do something I love in a new role.”

He also explained that he would have retired internationally with Argentina if they had not won the 2022 World Cup: “If things had not gone the way they did (winning the World Cup), I would have retired internationally, because I was about to take another turn in my (club) career. Being world champions for us, our families and the country all The whole thing was magical, and it will stay with us for the rest of our lives.”

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