Lionel Messi in his 30s was one of the best international players ever | Jeff Rueter
In the decade after his short-lived first retirement, the Argentina talisman upended previous narratives and solidified his place in historyPerhaps somewhere, in some dusty journal that’s surely been lost in Rosario, Lionel Messi made clear his destiny: that if he were to one day represent Argentina, his national team career must end in East Rutherford, New Jersey.A decade and two months before the playmaker posted his hand-written retirement from international football, Messi made his first attempt to leave La Albiceleste.…
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