Messi would be 39 years old in the late spring of 2026 when the World Cup happens across the US, Canada and Mexico.

He has the chance of playing a World Cup in the landmass of America for the second time in his profession. It would be Messi's 6th appearance in the competition.

Messi wearing the full 1994 Argentina pack on his Instagram Stories with the number 10 put on its back appears as though he's alluding to finishing his global vocation on American soil, similar as Maradona.

Missing the chance to win a subsequent World cup doesn't seem like Messi, who previously emerged from global retirement in 2016 to ultimately lift the sought after prize a couple of years after the fact. He's as of now sparkling in the MLS.