Transcript · Spanish → English

Messi's Commitment to National Team

The Spaniards wanted to naturalize him to have him for the World Cup in Germany

and the World Cup in South Africa.

Do you know what Messi said?

Even if they offer him all the money in the world,

Spain, everything, 'If I don't play for my country,

I won't play for any national team.'

When we came back from the Copa América in the United States,

he was crying like a baby,

and he wouldn't stop crying.

To be honest, only once did I tell him the truth,

'If I were you, I wouldn't come back.'

And what did he say to you?

He looked at me and said,

Marito, you know that I'd die for the ball,

and you know I'd die for my country.

I told him, 'You're right.'

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Original transcript (Spanish)

Los españoles lo querían nacionalizar para tenerlo para el Mundial de Alemania y el Mundial de Sudáfrica. ¿Sabes lo que dijo Messi? Por más que le den la plata al mundo, España, todo, yo si no juego para mi país,

no juego en ninguna selección. Cuando vinimos de vuelta a la Copa América de Estados Unidos, lloraba como una criatura, y no para de llorar. Te soy sincero, una sola vez le dije la verdad,

y yo en tu lugar, no vengo más. ¿Y qué te respondió usted? Me miró y me dijo, Marito, vos sabés que yo muero por la pelota, y sabés que muero por mi país.

Le digo, tenés razón.

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