Shocking, when Lionel Messi considered retiring from Argentina national team

Lionel Messi is one of the greatest football players of all time, and he has achieved many things in his career. The Argentinian player has played many years at FC Barcelona, and with his journey now in the MLS, Messi continues to shine on the pitch and does not show signs of slowing down. Messi is 36 years old and will turn 37 in June. While Messi still looks like one of the best players in the world, many are wondering when he will consider retiring from football. In an interview on the Big Time podcast, he revealed several things about his time at FC Barcelona and talked about when he considered retiring from the game.

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Messi discussed his childhood and how he was treated at FC Barcelona when he was younger since he spent most of his life there. Messi said, "I had a very beautiful childhood, although it was a difficult change. It was all new to me, I was a boy, it was like starting from scratch: new school, new friends... But the truth is that Barcelona always treated me spectacularly, the fact of doing what I like was something impressive."

One of the biggest discussions he had was about retiring from football. Messi sounded confident in continuing as he said, "Retiring? The moment I feel that I am not here to give, that there are no fruits, that I am not helping my colleagues, I will take a step without thinking about age. If I feel good, I'll keep competing because that's what I like. When I retire, I don't know what I'm going to do. I try to enjoy every day without thinking further, I hope to continue playing, which is what I like for a while longer. I don't have anything clear yet, when the time comes I will try to follow the path to what fills me."

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Messi considered retiring if they didn't win the World Cup

Lionel Messi spoke about how he felt about winning the World Cup with Argentina, and when asked if he considered retiring if he didn't win, Messi said, "Of course."

Messi described his emotions about winning the World Cup saying, "It is an inexplicable joy to win the World Cup. Taking the hard blow from the first game, it was a wonderful month where we had a great time. The best moment, to be champions; the feeling that everything was over, that we had already achieved it, that it was time to lift the World Cup. If things had not happened, I would surely have left the national team."