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Not decided Lionel Messi’s future is in the Argentina national teamDespite being 39 years old, he led the Tango Dancers to a World Cup runner-up finish in a tournament in which he stood out and scored 8 goals.
The Spanish “Marca” newspaper reports.There is still every chance that Messi will continue with Argentina in the coming months and years, as the Argentine star has yet to confirm whether or not he will continue to play internationally.
Information available to Marca indicates that Argentina’s plan is for Messi to continue wearing the tango jersey for the time to come, while confirming that nothing has been decided one way or the other, as the next big challenge will be his participation in the 2028 Copa America.
Messi’s 39-year-old age may lead him to believe that he may retire from international football after the World Cup, but this bittersweet second-placed finish may or may not change his calculations, especially since he already had the idea of continuing with the Argentina national team, as the next two days and months will be decisive in making the decision.
Messi always repeats a logical thing about his age, which is that he deals with it year by year according to his physical condition.
The player seems to be in good shape at the moment, which he proved during the World Cup, but no one knows what his condition will be in a year, and probably Messi himself does not know it either.
The next major title Argentina will compete for is the 2028 Copa America, which is likely to be held in the United States, as we have two years left in the tournament, which is the same as Messi’s contract with Inter Miami.
Until then, in September, October and November, the Argentine team will play 6 friendlies under the leadership of Lionel Scaloni, who is still the head of the technical staff, before the “Tango Dancers” are fully involved in the qualifying tournament for the 2030 World Cup, a tournament for which the national team has already guaranteed its qualification.
These qualifiers will be “different” after Argentina secured their place at the World Cup, along with Paraguay and Uruguay, who will be symbolic partners in hosting the 2030 World Cup, and therefore Argentina will not have to compete for points.
Perhaps CONMEBOL will come up with a new tournament similar to the League of Nations to give the aforementioned three countries extra incentive, as the question will be whether Messi will participate or not.
