I Regret Not Learning English Language Early – Messi

Inter Milan superstar Lionel Messi has said that he regrets not learning how to speak English early in his career. He recently had his say while speaking to the press, and fans have been reacting.

According to him, he regrets not learning the language because he felt half ignorant during meetings with famous personalities throughout his impressive career.

Messi added that he actually had the time to learn the English Language, but he chose not to.

His words, “I regret many things.

To not have learned English as a boy. I had the time to have at least studied English and I didn’t do it. I deeply regret it.

I experienced situations where I was with incredible and spectacular personalities to be able to talk and have a chat and you feel half ignorant.

I always thought: ‘What an idiot, how I wasted my time.’

When you’re young, you don’t realise it. Today that’s what I tell my children, [the importance of] having a good education, to study and be prepared.

I always tell my children to take advantage of it. They have a different situation to the one I had although I never lacked anything…

It [my last year of school in Argentina] was a disaster.

I knew that I was leaving [for Barcelona]. At Barcelona, I finished my high school with the other children that went to [Barcelona’s youth academy] La Masia.

I was able to do everything and reach the top [in football], but along the way there are many experiences and lessons learned.

It’s true that football is a way of life. It teaches you a lot, it gives you a lot of values. It creates lifelong bonds. You get to know places.”

WOW.

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).