Argentina need Lionel Messi for financial reasons

Messi has not addressed his future with Argentina after they were knocked out of the World Cup in the round of 16 by France, but he said before the tournament began that his team would need to win it "now or never."
"I think Messi will continue. He loves the Argentina national team a lot. We have a lot of confidence in him."

"We saw him like many others did, with this degree of responsibility that we also generated a little bit," Tapia said of Messi, who scored one goal and set up two more at the World Cup. "We thought he was a superhero but he is a human being. He is the best player in the world but he is a human being. We loaded him with responsibilities that ended up backfiring."