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Messi’s No.10 can’t be retired even if Argentina wanted to, Maradona knows why
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Argentina cannot officially retire Lionel Messi’s No.10 jersey despite his retirement from international football, as FIFA’s squad-number rules require the number to be available for tournaments. The same restriction applied after Diego Maradona’s retirement, preventing Argentina from honoring his iconic number. Messi’s legacy will now be passed to another player, as the federation cannot permanently assign the number to him.
WHY IT MATTERS
This story highlights the conflict between honoring legendary players and adhering to FIFA’s strict tournament regulations regarding squad numbers.
Argentina cannot retire Lionel Messi’s iconic No.10 shirt despite his international retirement, with FIFA’s squad-number rules preventing the number from being omitted at major tournaments. The same issue arose after Diego Maradona’s retirement, when Argentina’s attempt to retire the shirt was rejected. Now, Messi’s legendary number faces the same fate, forcing Argentina to eventually hand it to another player.
This story was originally reported by Times of India — Sports. As an automated real-time news aggregator, NewsToolBar provides multi-perspective indexing and AI summarization while directing full readership directly to primary publisher sources.
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