Leo Messi has given an interview to the newspaper Olé in which he reviews the sensations he experienced in the World Cup won in Qatar last December, the relationship with the Frenchman Kylian Mbappé, his teammate at PSG, after winning the final with Argentina and even Barcelona comes to light.
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The mention of Barcelona has as its context the following question: What did you keep from the final? Leo replies: “I have everything, I have everything. The boots, the shirts, the cape. It’s all there on the property (of Ezeiza), Marito (the historic kit man) and Juan Cruz kept it for me, they always keep everything for me. And now In March I’m going to take everything to Barcelona, where I have my things and my memories. I don’t remember, I was thinking, if I changed the boots before the final. The ones from the final are there too”.
His reunion with Mbappé
Messi also explains how his reunion was at PSG after the World Cup. “We talked with Kylian about the game, the festivities, how people had lived in Argentina and nothing else. Neither does one want to talk and bring up the subject of the final and talk about it. I was on the other side too, it was my turn losing a world final as well (in Brazil 2014) and I didn’t want to know anything about that, about what had happened, and nothing that had to do with the World Cup at that time, that’s why I don’t want to talk about it either. subject. But the truth is that there is no problem with Kylian, quite the opposite”.
The 2026 World Cup
Asked about his future in the Argentine team, Messi said that “I’m going to stay for a little while longer, we have to continue enjoying this.” And even he did not rule out playing the 2026 World Cup at the age of 39. “I don’t know, I always said that due to age it seems to me that it is very difficult for me to reach it. As long as I am well, I feel in good physical condition and I continue to enjoy it, I will do it. But it seems a lot to me until the next World Cup”.
