Argentine football fans have an anxious wait ahead of them as their captain and record scorer mulls over his international future
When it comes to international football with Argentina, Lionel Messi has been on a sabbatical.
The Barcelona star has won everything there is to win at club level, but international glory continues to elude him.
While he boasts an Olympic gold medal and won the Under-20 World Cup, he has yet to win a single senior honour with his country, despite featuring at four World Cups and four Copas America.
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Of those eight major tournaments he has played in, the Barca forward has been a beaten finalist on four occasions and recent failures have left the star questioning his future with the national team.