The Argentine footballer Leo Messi assured that he does not think about age when setting a date for his retirement but rather about his performance on the field, he said in an interview with the BigTime podcast on the MBC network in Saudi Arabia, the country from which he is. tourism ambassador for two years.
«I know when I’m good, when I’m bad, when I play badly and, when I feel it’s time to take that step, I will take it without thinking about age. “If I feel good, I will always try to continue competing because it is what I like and what I know how to do,” said the Argentine star during the program.
The eight-time Ballon d’Or winner made it clear that the key to everything is performance, but without giving details of when he will hang up his boots: “The moment I feel that I am not ready to perform, that I no longer enjoy it, “I’m not helping my colleagues,” he said.
Likewise, he said that to continue competing at the highest level “one must always try to take care of oneself, eat well, rest, do preventive work and more and more with age.”
“You realize that it is becoming more difficult and that more care is needed because there are more and more games as well, they are played more in succession, much more physical as well and I think that rest is very important,” revealed the Argentine.
In this sense, he was grateful for “being able to achieve everything” on a sporting level but also on a personal level, while he praised his family and friends.
The current forward for Inter Miami of the American MLS also remembered his beginnings in football and his arrival at FC Barcelona.
“Barcelona always treated me spectacularly and the fact that I was doing what I like and doing it at Barcelona was impressive for me,” said Messi, who reiterated that his departure from the club was a “difficult” change for which “I was not prepared”.
“It was all very fast, from one day to the next I had to rebuild my life,” he said. EFE
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