Emmanuel Petit, a former Chelsea midfielder has instructed that Argentina captain, Lionel Messi will retire from skilled soccer in 2026 after the FIFA World Cup.
Petit additionally rubbished studies linking the Inter Miami ahead with a return to Barcelona this 12 months.
In response to the Frenchman, winger Lamine Yamal has taken over Messi’s place at Barcelona.
“Lionel Messi has been linked with a mortgage again to Barcelona, however Lamine Yamal isn’t going to be on the bench,” Petit advised EscapistMagazine (by way of GOAL).
“Messi might play within the No. 10, however we all know that he doesn’t run and might Barcelona management the midfield
“There’s no manner we’ll see Messi again at Barcelona. I want him the perfect in attending to the 2026 FIFA World Cup and I feel then he’ll retire.”
Messi left Barcelona to affix Paris Saint-Germain some years in the past after he was not given a brand new contract on the Catalan membership.
