Football: Messi wants trophies ahead of "final" 2022 World Cup - former agent

Messi's first agent Fabian Soldini revealed that the Argentine wants to win trophies before the 2022 World Cup. Soldini: "[Lionel] Messi is going to reach the World Cup at the age of 34. And for the one after he will be 38 [World Cup 2026]. I think he knows that this is his last World Cup. I think he can keep playing until he's 40. But I think in his mind it's his last World Cup. The idea of ​​leaving Barcelona was to want to get to Qatar 2022 in the best possible way. When I say in the best way, I mean, to have a competitive team by his side with things to win. That 8-2 blow from Bayern Munich, I imagine it was from feeling a lot of helplessness on the pitch. That means that when he left there, he said "I want to go somewhere else to get to Qatar well", that's what, for me, went through his head."