Lionel Messi has never been one to seek the spotlight away from the pitch, but in a recent interview with Luzu TV, the Barcelona legend offered a rare and deeply personal insight into his life beyond football.
The conversation moved away from goals and trophies and instead focused on habits, emotions, and the quieter side of a man who spent two decades at the centre of world football.
When asked about something he genuinely loves, Messi surprised many with his honesty.
Rather than presenting an image of constant calm, he admitted that he has his own quirks. Reflecting on his personality, he said,
“I have my share of being weirder too.
“I really like being alone, I enjoy being alone, sometimes the chaos of the house with the three kids running around everywhere ends up overwhelming me, and I like a moment of solitude.”
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He also described how structure plays a key role in his daily routine. Any disruption, however small, can affect him more than expected.
Speaking openly about this side of his personality, Messi explained,
“I’m very structured, if I have my day organised in a certain way and something happens in the middle that changes everything.”
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The most emotional part of the interview came when Messi revisited his contrasting experiences with Barcelona and the Argentina national team.
Despite dominating European football, he struggled for years to replicate that success with Argentina, a period filled with criticism and pressure. Looking back, he admitted,
“At Barcelona, I was doing spectacularly well. But when I went to Argentina, I was a weirdo. They booed me, I did badly, we didn’t get the results.”
Messi acknowledged that the hardest part was not the criticism itself, but how it affected his loved ones.
“The ones who suffered the most were my family, because they were the ones who stayed in Argentina.
“They watched the programs, listened to the criticism, and dealt with many things that I didn’t know about because I didn’t see them.”
He concluded with a reflection on resilience, saying, “But they were aware of everything, and they suffered a lot.
“For me, day-to-day life made me think about the following.”