Shahararren ɗan wasan ƙwallon ƙafa na duniya, Lionel Messi, ya bayyana cewa har yanzu yana da burin kare kofin duniya tare da ƙasarsa Argentina a gasar da za ta biyo bayan wadda suka lashe a Qatar 2022, duk da cewa yana fuskantar matsalolin jiki da shekaru.
Messi, wanda yanzu yake da shekaru 38, ya ce yana jin daɗin buga ƙwallo amma yana lura da yadda jikinsa ke amsawa bayan kowane wasa. A cewarsa: “Ina son in ci gaba da wasa muddin jikina yana ba ni dama. Kare kofin duniya tare da Argentina babban buri ne a gare ni, kuma zan yi iya ƙoƙarina don ganin hakan ta tabbata.”
Masu sharhi sun ce, ko da yake shekaru na tafiya, ƙwarewa da hangen nesa irin na Messi har yanzu suna da tasiri sosai a ƙungiyar Argentina. Duk da haka, ana ganin cewa lafiyar jikinsa da ƙarfin gwiwar matasa ne za su kasance manyan kalubale ga shi kafin gasar ta gaba ta 2026 da za a yi a Amurka, Kanada da Mexico.