Barcelona legend, Xavi, has claimed former team-mate Lionel Messi will finally retire from football at 39.
Xavi played alongside Messi at Camp Nou, before he left the Blaugrana in 2015 for Al Sadd.
The Spaniard explained that Messi would lead Argentina national team to the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar, because the Barca number 10 always takes good care of his body.
“He still got five or seven perfect years left in him,” Xavi said of Messi during an Instagram chat with another former-Barcelona striker, Samuel Eto’o.
“Messi takes good care of himself, and he can keep playing until he is 37, 38, or 39.
“He will play at the Qatar World Cup, I am sure.”