��️ Luis Enrique 🇪🇸:
"In 2005, before the U-20 World Cup, we tried to convince Messi to play for Spain. I went to his father and said, ‘Messi will choose Spain. It's better for him — here he can win titles.’
His father replied, ‘It's up to him to decide.’
So I went to Messi and asked, ‘Do you want to win titles?’
He said, ‘Yes, I want to do that with Barcelona and Argentina.’
I told him, ‘Barcelona, I can guarantee that. But Argentina? You know Spain is better — you’ll suffer there. Play in Europe and you’ll get everything.’
Messi looked at me and said, ‘It wouldn’t feel right to win with a country other than my own. I want to win with Argentina. That’s my dream.’
Then he left… and I thought, ‘It’ll be very difficult for him to win anything with his country.’
But Messi proved everyone wrong — he won the U-20 World Cup that same year.
He sacrificed everything to win for his country." 🇦🇷💙