Lionel Messi’s place among the all-time greats was cemented by Argentina’s win in the FIFA World Cup in Qatar. Having won leagues, UEFA Champions League, and multiple Ballon d’Or accolades. PSG’s forward declared that he couldn’t have wished for a greater outcome after winning the FIFA 2022 World Cup in Qatar, which gave him the trophy that has meant the most to him during his illustrious career.
It seems Lionel Messi is planning to hang the boots as he, in a recent interview, admitted that “there’s nothing left” for him in the game.
“I got everything in my career, individually,” he said in an interview with UrbanaPlay. “It was about closing my career in a unique way. I never imagined that all this was going to happen to me when I started, and getting to this moment was the best.”
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Stating that he has achieved everything there was to be achieved with the national team, the 35-year-old Argentine superstar said, “It’s at the end of my career, closing a cycle.”
“I would have liked Diego to give me the cup, or at least to see all this, to see Argentina as world champions, with everything he wanted and how he loved the national team. I think from above, he – like many people who love me – was strong,” he said.
