Players for whom the 2022 World Cup in Qatar may be the last for the national team

The Qatari World Cup will start soon. Despite the fact that there is still a little more than a month before the start of the tournament, the attention of millions of football fans around the world is riveted to this event. Many are already starting to make their predictions, highlight favorites and outsiders. If you don’t know where you can bet on World Cup 2022 events, we advise you to use Mostbet uz online. However, in this article we will not talk about forecasts, but about personalities. Let's tell you which football stars this World Cup may be the last.

Argentina

Surely, many fans are interested in the question of whether Lionel Messi will end his career in the national team after the World Cup in Qatar. This probability can be regarded as the maximum, because now Leo is already 35 years old, and there are still 4 years before the next World Cup. In addition, in recent interviews, the multiple winner of the title of the best football player in the world himself stated that after this world championship he would probably end his performances for the national team. It is for this reason that the Qatari tournament will be important not only for Messi, but for the entire team and fans. By the way, the 2022 World Cup may also be the last for Angel Di Maria, who is already 34 years old.

France

The legendary goalkeeper of the "Tricolor" Hugo Lloris, who turned 35 this year, is also likely not to go to the 2026 World Cup as part of the French team. The French national team now has a good generation of goalkeepers, Milan goalkeeper Mike Meignan is already ready to replace Hugo at the national team gates. The same goes for Olvier Giroud and Karim Benzema. The newly minted winner of the Golden Ball 2022 will turn 35 this year, so we can assume that we will be able to enjoy the game of Karim in the national team shirt at the world championships for the last time.

Spain

The Red Fury also has a lot of older players who have probably already thought about ending their career playing in the national team. This applies to Sergio Busquets and Jordi Alba from Barcelona (34 and 33 respectively), as well as Cesar Azpilicueta, who turned 33 this year. Another legend of Spanish football, Sergio Ramos, has not played for the national team for a year and a half, and therefore, the PSG defender has little chance of going to the Spanish national team even for the current World Cup.

Germany

The German national team has a good young generation in the person of Kai Havertz and Jamal Musiala, who can qualitatively replace the 33-year-old Thomas Müller, for whom this World Cup will certainly be the last. It is likely that the legendary 36-year-old goalkeeper of Bayern Munich Manuel Neuer will end his career playing for the German national team in the near future. Second goalkeeper Marc-André Ter Stegen is already looking forward to the moment when he will have the chance to prove himself as the main goalkeeper of the national team.

Belgium

It would seem that the Belgian national team was recently considered the youngest and most promising in the whole world. But time is ticking, and the 2022 World Cup will surely be the final in the career of the national team for players like Dries Mertens (35) and Jan Werntongen (35). By the way, Axel Witsel and Toby Alderweireld are both 33 years old, which means that in such a high competition among young players in defense, it will also be difficult for experienced players to win a place in the starting XI. Thus, it is likely that the Belgian national team will face a generational change in the near future. This is a rather complicated process that can affect the results of the team.

Players from other teams who may retire from the national team after the 2022 World Cup

Below is a list of players who may not attend the 2026 World Cup as part of their national team:

• Luka Modric (Croatia, 37 years old)
• Dejan Lovren (Croatia, 33 years old)
• Ivan Perisic (Croatia, 33 years old)
• Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal, 37 years old)
• Pepe (Portugal, 39 years old)
• Joao Moutinho (Portugal, 36 years old)
• Luis Suarez (Uruguay, 35 years old)
• Fernando Muslera (Uruguay, 36 years old)
• Martin Caceres (Uruguay, 35 years old).