The Argentian Olympic team will compete at the 2024 Summer Olympics (Olympic Paris 2024), this tournament Lionel Messi can attend and the latest information has been revealed.

The upcoming summer promises to be very busy for Lionel Messi and Inter Miami. In the United States, the Argentine superstar and his team will compete in the MLS and Leagues Cup, in addition he will also attend the Copa America with the Argentine national team , where they are the defending champions.

Messi’s busy schedule next summer may not stop, because Argentina U23 team coach Javier Mascherano recently revealed that he had sent him an invitation to persuade him to attend the 2024 Paris Olympics , an event taking place in July. August 2024. However, Mascherano also admitted that the possibility of success will not be high. Thus, Lionel Messi can absolutely attend the 2024 Paris Olympics and the decision will lie with him.

Messi has accepted the invitation to attend the 2024 Paris Olympics. Photo: Getty.

Javier Mascherano shared on Tyc Sports: “We have extended an invitation to Lionel Messi to join us in the matches at the Paris Olympics. We agreed that we needed to talk to Inter Miami, because their season had just started. This is a difficult situation and the possibility of it happening is not easy.”

Lionel Messi has not commented on whether he will attend the Paris Olympics with the Argentine youth team or not, but his participation could cause quite big problems for Inter Miami. The Herons will be without Messi during the international break next March when Argentina meets El Salvador and Costa Rica, then they continue to lose him in another friendly match of Argentina against Guatemala in June.

The 2024 Paris Olympics takes place from July 26 to August 11, while Copa America 2024, the tournament where Messi and Argentina team compete from June 20 to July 14. Thus, it can be seen that Messi has a busy schedule in the coming months, especially when Inter Miami’s tournaments also have many matches and require frequent travel. For that reason, if Messi is added to the Paris Olympic schedule, it will be quite risky.
Messi and Mascherano played together at Barca and for Argentina. Photo: Getty.
Javier Mascherano used to be Lionel Messi’s teammate at Barca. The duo together reaped many different big and small titles, notably 5 La Liga cups, 2 Champions League cups… On the national team Argentina, both also finished runner-up at the 2014 World Cup. Currently, Javier Mascherano has retired and is leading the U23 Argentina team.