As a young boy, the eight-time Ballon d’Or winner left his native Argentina for Barcelona, thus he never needed to learn another language. It was anticipated that he would play his whole career at Camp Nou, but in 2021 he left for Paris Saint-Germain due to financial difficulties in Catalunya.

Now playing for Inter Miami in the Major League Soccer, Messi is surrounded by a sizable Spanish-speaking populace in Florida. This is making it less likely that the 36-year-old, who just dazzled in a promotional video for the newest Bad Boys movie starring Will Smith, will have to make awkward remarks in public.

Messi tells аbitаre thаt his cоmmаnd оf English is superiоr tо whаt mаny peоple believe it tо be, аnd he sаys he cоuld dо sо if fоrced. “I understаnd everything, оr аlmоst everything, in English,” he declаred. Hоwever, I’m tоо embаrrаssed tо sаy аnything, even if I believe I cаn.

The South American sensation’s club colleague Julian Gressel has already disclosed that Messi speaks enough English to make jokes on the field. “Messi doesn’t really ever speak to me and if he did, it was always a little bit in Spanish,” the USMNT player revealed. Most of it makes sense to me in Spanish. He approached me and spoke to me in English. During the game, that was the first time he had ever spoken to me in English. Like he always does, he had his mouth covered. The hilarious thing about it is that he says, “English pretty good, no?” thereafter.

Messi is presently accompanied by his people while representing Argentina in the Copa America of 2024. Before going back to Chase Stadium and joining Inter Miami in their pursuit of an MLS Cup championship, he will be looking to successfully defend that continental crown.