Argentine football star Lionel Messi is desperate to win a World Cup. After having won the La Liga and Copa del Rey titles taking his tally at the Camp Nou to 32, the Argentina captain said he was willing to trade off one of his titles at Barcelona for a World Cup trophy if he could.
Messi was on the losing end of the World Cup final in Brazil four years ago, and also saw his side suffer back-to-back defeats in the 2015 and 2016 Copa America deciders.
"I would change a Barcelona title for one with the national team," Messi told Argentinean TV channel El Trece.
For all latest news, follow The Daily Star's Google News channel. "Winning a title with Argentina would be something unique. I have great faith in this group, we are working very well, we have players with a lot of capacity and experience," he said.
"But we do not have to throw the message of 'we are going to be the world champion because we are the best', because the reality is that it is not like that," he added.
Argentina will face Iceland (June 16), Croatia (June 21) and Nigeria (June 26) in Group D at the World Cup, starting next month.
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