Updated On: 02 November, 2021 07:51 AM IST | Madrid | AFP
The six-time Ballon D’Or winner will be 35 by the time the World Cup—a trophy that has eluded him through his stellar career—comes round in Qatar next year

Lionel Messi. Pic/AFP
Argentine football superstar Lionel Messi says he has not given any thought about retiring after next year’s World Cup adding he would love to be Barcelona sporting director when he does finally hang up his boots.
The six-time Ballon D’Or winner will be 35 by the time the World Cup—a trophy that has eluded him through his stellar career—comes round in Qatar next year.
He told Monday’s edition of Catalan newspaper Sport retirement was not on his agenda.