Lionel Messi names his World Cup 2026 favorites and gives his verdict on Lamine Yamal and Spain’s hopes

Lionel Messi has shared his ideas on World Cup 2026 as he bids to retain the trophy he received with Argentina final day out in Qatar.

There’ll clearly be a number of Barcelona gamers on the World Cup, with Spain one of many favorites heading into the event.

Lamine Yamal is anticipated to be slot in time for the event and is more likely to be a part of Barca team-mates comparable to Pedri, Ferran Torres, Dani Olmo, Gavi and Pau Cubarsi in ths squad.

Messi feels that Argentina aren’t the recent favorites forward of the competitors and shared his ideas on who may find yourself being topped world champions.

”Now we have to get excited, like Argentinians all the time do every time there’s an official competitors, whether or not it’s the Copa América or the World Cup, however we additionally need to know that there are different favorites forward of us, who’re coming in higher as a bunch and as a crew,” he mentioned in an interview with the YouTube channel Lo del Pollo.

”This Argentina crew will all the time compete and provides their finest, identical to they’ve since this group got here collectively.

”Proper now, France seems to be excellent once more. They’ve many top-level gamers. I feel Spain, Brazil—though they haven’t been at their finest currently—are all the time contenders and have the gamers to compete in all official competitions.

”Then all of us say the identical issues. Germany, England, the massive powers… Portugal has a really aggressive and good crew too. After which there’s all the time some shock…”

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