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About the upcoming World Cup

Leo Messi: "It’s a special World Cup; playing with the national team in important competitions is always special, and even more after winning a World Cup.

"But as I told you, I don’t want to be a burden. I want to feel physically well, be sure that I can help the group and contribute things to the team.

“Our season here is different from Europe’s. We’ll have preseason in between, few matches before the World Cup, and I’ll see day-by-day how I’m feeling physically, whether I’m in the condition I want to be in to participate.”

Leo Messi: "As long as I can still play and feel good physically, I’ll continue doing things the same way: trying to compete, to win, to give my best.

"The moment I feel I’m not physically able, that it’s hard for me on the pitch or that I’m no longer enjoying it, then that will be the moment to stop.

“But today I enjoy it, I feel good, and that’s where we are.”

About his favorite moment as a Barca player

Leo Messi: "My favorite moment as FC Barcelona player? It’s hard to pick just one. Thank God I was lucky to live many great moments. I don’t know, usually when we talk about happiness we go straight to titles, achievements, all the important things we accomplished. The first sextuple with Guardiola was extraordinary, the last Champions League with Luis Enrique as well. I don’t know, it’s hard to choose a single moment.

"I hold on to everything I lived during that time, everything I grew as a person and as a player. I hold on to all of that. When I see images and memories, flashes of what happened come to me of that season, of what we lived, and I keep all of it.

“To being part of that club, having arrived as a child and having grown up and lived my whole life in Barcelona. I’m grateful to God for taking me there when I was a kid, and also for my children being born in that city, and for everything related to the club and the city in general, because I left young, grew up, and spent my whole life there. There are so many things, not just in the club but in the city, that I cherish.”

His message to Barca fans

"The affection that comes from Barcelona? It’s spectacular. Everything I receive from Barcelona, from the people, from that era we lived through… it always brings me a bit of nostalgia. And a lot of emotion.

"The truth is I miss all those moments a lot. Maybe I enjoy them more now than I did at the time when everything was happening, because of the daily routine and what it meant to play match after match, always thinking about the next one without being able to enjoy what we were doing. Today, seeing it more calmly and relaxed, from afar, after a couple of years have gone by, you experience it much more.

"I was left with a strange feeling after leaving, because of how everything happened, because of how I ended up playing my last years without fans, because of the pandemic. After spending my whole life there, I didn’t leave the way I imagined, the way I dreamed of. I imagined, as I said, playing my whole career in Europe, in Barcelona, and then yes, coming here in Miami, because that was what I wanted.

“And well, the farewell was also a bit strange, because of the situation, because of everything. But I think the fans’ affection will always be there, because of everything we went through together.”

Leo Messi: "My message to Barça fans? I’m really looking forward to going back there. We miss Barcelona a lot. The kids constantly mention it, and my wife and I often talk about Barcelona, the idea of living there again. We have our home there, everything, so it’s what we want.

"I’m really looking forward to returning to the stadium once it’s finished because since I left for Paris I haven’t gone back to Camp Nou, and then they moved to Montjuïc. It will feel strange to return to a new stadium and see it again because the last time I saw it was a long time ago.

“It will be emotional to go back, remember everything, even if the stadium is different. I’m grateful for the love I always received, nothing but thank you.”