Leandro Paredes should replace Lionel Messi as Argentina skipper when he retires from international football, Javier Saviola has said. He recently had his say while speaking to the press, and fans have been reacting.
According to him, Paredes has the required personality to take on such a role because he has proven himself in recent years.
He added that other potential captain materials are Julian Alvarez, Tagliafico and Emi Martinez.
His words, “[Leandro] Paredes has a lot of personality. He’s a player who has been proving himself over the last few years and can become a fantastic captain.
Julian [Alvarez], [Nicolas] Tagliafico, Dibu [Emi Martinez], I think that’s the kind of player we’re looking at.”
On Messi playing in 2026 World Cup, “He’s finally gotten rid of the heavy burden of not being able to win the World Cup. Now he’s surely going to enjoy it. He always wants the best for Argentina, and this type of player always competes and wants to win.
We are contenders. Because we’ve already won the World Cup; and because we have the best player in the world and one of the best in history.
When you reach the top, you have to keep proving yourself and earning respect as the reigning world champions. Hopefully we can play against Spain in the World Cup in the final stages.”
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Lionel Messi, also known as Leo Messi, is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a forward for and captains both Major League Soccer club Inter Miami and the Argentina national team. Widely regarded as one of the greatest players of all time, Messi has won a record seven Ballon d’Or awards and a record six European Golden Shoes, and in 2020 he was named to the Ballon d’Or Dream Team.
Until leaving the club in 2021, he had spent his entire professional career with Barcelona, where he won a club-record 35 trophies, including ten La Liga titles, seven Copa del Rey titles and the UEFA Champions League four times.
With his country, he won the 2021 Copa América and the 2022 FIFA World Cup. A prolific goalscorer and creative playmaker, Messi holds the records for most goals in La Liga (474), most hat-tricks in La Liga (36) and the UEFA Champions League (eight), and most assists in La Liga (192) and the Copa América (17).
He also has the most international goals by a South American male (103). Messi has scored over 800 senior career goals for club and country, and has the most goals by a player for a single club (672).
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