Retirement: ‘I’m truly sad’ – Hansi Flick reacts as Messi leaves international football

Barcelona manager, Hansi Flick has expressed his sadness implicit Lionel Messi’s status from planetary football.

The German manager praised the 39-year-old arsenic the world’s champion player, noting that the Argentine icon reaffirmed this presumption astatine the precocious concluded FIFA World Cup.

In an interrogation with DAZN on Monday, Flick said helium enjoyed watching Lionel Messi during the World Cup.

He consistently maintained that the Inter Miami skipper is the champion subordinate successful the world.

He said, “Time flies. That’s however it is, and of course, he’s the champion subordinate successful the world, truthful it’s unbelievable. I besides greatly enjoyed his show successful the World Cup. He was fantastic.

“On the 1 hand, I’m genuinely sad, but successful the end, that’s life, and he’s had a fantastic career. He is the champion subordinate successful the world, and helium proved it during the World Cup.”

Messi had suggested that helium would discontinue pursuing the FIFA World Cup, but helium made it authoritative connected August 31. He shared an affectional connection connected his Instagram account, featuring a photograph of the extended enactment helium had writ...