As the countdown to the 2026 FIFA World Cup continues, speculation is mounting over whether Lionel Messi will don Argentina’s colors for one last tournament. After securing the Copa America in 2024 and achieving World Cup glory in 2022,

A day before his 38th birthday, Lionel Messi led Inter Miami into the FIFA Club World Cup Round of 16. They'll face Paris Saint-Germain, his old team.

For someone about to celebrate their birthday and whose team had just qualified for the knockout stages of the Fifa Club World Cup, it was a visibly frustrated Lionel Messi after the final whistle at Hard Rock Stadium.