Messi has spoken about the end of his career! I am lucky to have achieved all my dreams. When will he hang up his cleats?

When will Lionel Messi end his professional football career? That is the question that haunts many fans as he gets older. One of the best players of all time has recently spoken out on this very subject himself.

An Argentine god, you might say. At 36 years old, Lionel Messi has had a truly phenomenal career full of achievements that can be the envy of almost every footballer on the planet.

His greatest ones, of course, have come in a Barcelona jersey – he’s won the league title ten times, the Champions League four times, the Copa del Rey seven times and the Spanish Super Cup eight times.

But he also won the title twice with PSG, and at the national level, his greatest achievement is winning gold at the World Cup or winning the Copa América. A whole host of individual awards perhaps need not be mentioned, led by eight Ballon d’Ors.

At the moment, however, Messi is already experiencing a gradual retreat from glory. And as is not only in football, he is slowly giving way to younger players. Though of course, Messi is still a big star who can work magic in an Inter Miami jersey.

However, as he gets older in football, there are more questions about when the 36-year-old Argentine will call it a career. How has Messi himself weighed in on the subject?

Messi on the end of his career

“On a sporting level, I have been lucky enough to be able to fulfil all my dreams. The truth is that I couldn’t ask for more. But I am very self-critical and I know when I play well and when I play badly, ” said Messi, quoted by the Spanish daily MARCA.

“But I haven’t thought about it (the end of my career) yet. When I feel I should make that step, I will make it, regardless of my age. But if I feel good, I will always try to continue because football is what I enjoy and what I know how to do,” he explained.

“At the moment I’m enjoying every day. All the moments without thinking about the future. I don’t have anything clear yet and I hope to play for a while. When the time comes, I’m sure I’ll find my way to what fulfills me and what I love and to a new role,” he added.

Source: MARCA, Transfermarkt