Messi is in his home country of Argentina, before joining Inter Miami on a pre-season tour in South America. Sharing with a local online television channel, Messi revealed the next step after retirement.
He said: "I don't imagine myself becoming a coach. I'm interested in the idea of being a manager, but more interested in being a boss. I want to have my own club, start from scratch and develop it. This creates conditions for players to develop and achieve something. If you have to choose, that's the most attractive thing to me.
In fact, Messi and his close friend Luis Suarez formed the Deportivo LSM team in the fourth division of Uruguay. The club, with the acronyms Luis Suarez and Messi, currently has 80 professional players and 3,000 members.
Suarez was the initiator of this idea, with the desire to create opportunities for young Uruguayan players to develop. After that, Suarez invited Messi to participate. The Argentine star emphasized that he was very proud to participate in this project. He pledged to contribute his best to accompany Suarez in the development of the project.
In addition, Messi also initiated the Messi Cup, a tournament for youth teams under 16 years old with the participation of eight academy teams from around the world competing in Miami, with the hope of developing talent and promoting competitive spirit. The River Plate youth team won the first tournament held in December 2025, after winning against Atletico Madrid in the final.
Messi is still in contract with Inter Miami until the end of the MLS 2028 season. It is likely that after retiring, Messi will embark deeper into business related to football.
Before Messi, many world football legends invested in football clubs to become owners or own most of the team's shares such as David Beckham, Andres Iniesta, Ronaldo (Brazil) or Fabregas.
