from the dream with Inter Miami to the ideal ‘closing’ at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games

2024 officially starts for a Lionel Messi that on June 24th will be 37 years. It is the age at which many retire from football or think about how to hang their boots in the most decorous way possible. This is not the case of Leo, who has a year ahead of him. full of commitments between the Argentine National Team and this Inter Miami that is about to start its season.

And there is great expectation for what can happen here in the United States. Because Inter Miami will begin its first full campaign in super reinforced mode. It is true that in his debut season in the MLS, in 2022, he had Gonzalo Higuain as a franchise player. But nothing compares with this team led by Messi, with Luis Suarez, Sergio Busquets y Jordi Alba as squires like in the good times of Barcelona and with young blood that appears like Facundo Farias, Tomas Aviles and the brand new reinforcement Federico Redondo.

The now global franchise, which has as one of its owners, is betting on winning many tournaments in 2024. David Beckham. In addition to the MLS itself, the team he commands Gerardo Martino aims to raise the Concacaf Champions Cupwith the idea of ​​winning a ticket in the Club World Cupand repeat in the Leagues Cupthe first trophy that the club collected with Messi in superstar mode.

On the other hand, Messi will seek to continue the path of victory with the Argentine National Team. It will be here, too, in the United States where the team that manages Lionel Scaloni He will play a new Copa América and will try to defend the title he won in 2021 at the Maracaná against Brazil and which was, in retrospect, the Scaloneta’s first hit.

The question is whether Leo will cross the doors that he opened for him. Javier Mascherano to be one of the three seniors who will seek Olympic gold in Paris 2024. The coach made it clear that Leo has his place assured if he so wishes. However, That tournament that will be played between the end of July and the beginning of August is still not on Messi’s agenda..

As he was able to find out Clarionthe decision is far from being made. Neither for yes nor for no. But the concrete thing is that looks very far away. At the same time, fully conditioned for what may happen in the Copa América and also for the needs of Inter Miami.

The fact is that the Olympic soccer tournament, the one that a young Messi won in Beijing 2008, overlaps with the Leagues Cup. And that overloaded schedule can conspire against Inter Miami’s plans. And also with the dosage of energy that the Rosario native must bring to avoid demanding the maximum demands from a body that has been working for two decades.

Step by step, month by month, tournament by tournament. This is what Messi 2024 will be like. The idea is to think carefully about the steps. It is still not known what he will do in 2025. And even less in 2026, where everyone expects him to be a World Cup player again to demolish all the records that have and will be. We have to wait… But for now it seems difficult to imagine an Olympic Flea again.