Alejandro Garnacho has spoken about why he chose to represent Argentina over Spain and playing with Lionel Messi.
Garnacho was born in Spain to an Argentine mother and represented the Spanish national team at youth level. Garnacho would go on to represent the Argentina national team and won the 2024 Copa America. Speaking with ESPN, here is what Garnacho had to say when asked about why he chose to play for Argentina and not Spain:
“Why I chose to play for Argentina? I am born in Spain but my mother is Argentine. When she was nine years old, the entire family moved to Spain. My grandfather worked in Spain and they stayed there. After that, my mother met my father.
“The reason why is because they gave me confidence from the start, that I was going to be important in the future. Messi is also a big part of that, having the chance of playing with him is something you can’t say no to so easily.
“I know I will do big things for them, it is only a matter of time.”
The 21 year old also spoke about Lionel Messi:
“He is a normal person, if you’re eating with the rest of the players, he seems just like anyone else, very humble. Ans when you watch him train, you see his quality… But it’s Messi!
“I remember the first time I was with him, the first training camp, eating every day, training, sleeping… One week with him, it was a dream. I asked him for a picture and everything.”
