Alan Shearer, a former player for Newcastle United, has reaffirmed that Argentina will win the FIFA World Cup in Qatar in 2022.
Argentina enter the World Cup this year in superb form, having gone 36 games without losing in all competitions.
Shearer, who considers Messi to be the greatest player ever, wants Argentina to win in Qatar under Messi’s leadership.
“Argentina,” Shearer told BBC Sport when asked to predict the country to win the tournament.
“It will be a great way for Lionel Messi, the best player in the world, to go out. It could be a defining moment for him – he has probably been the greatest player we have ever seen, but the thing that is always chucked at him when comparisons are made between him and [late] Diego Maradona is that he has never won the World Cup.”
He continued: “If he was to win this one, that would pretty much be the end of that debate – and what a story it would be.”
Recall that the South American giants are in Group C alongside Mexico, Poland and Saudi Arabia.