According to Argentine media reports, Argentine star Messi has decided to quit the national team. If Messi withdraws from the national team, Barcelona’s Stoichkov believes that without the Messi Argentina national team, will not win in the next three years.
Stojkov said: “I don’t support drastic reforms. First of all, you have to understand what Argentina football wants. Whether it depends on Messi or relying on 22 other players. This is obvious because there is no Messi, Argentina. The national team won’t win even one game in the next three years. Therefore, the Argentine Football Association must have a clear national team plan, but what they want now is still a problem.”
Stoichkov also defended Messi: “Many Argentines watch Messi play, but they don’t know Messi’s personality. So there is Messi’s rumor to control the Argentine national team. Say, I should be the right person for the Argentine national team coach, because I am his good friend. I know Messi very well, he is not such a person at all, so this is a downright rumor.”