Messi isn't sharing a room with De Paul to keep... World Cup luck.

Messi and his 'bodyguard' De Paul flew on a private plane to join the Argentina national team's training camp for the 2026 World Cup, but the two brothers did not share a room.

According to Clarin, Messi and his Inter Miami teammate, De Paul, arrived at the Argentina national team 's training camp in Kansas City, Missouri on Sunday afternoon (May 31). Both appeared with radiant smiles and stylish attire.

Messi and De Paul beamed as they joined the Argentina national team. Photo: De Paul's Instagram.

Lionel Scaloni's team held their first training session of the week (June 1st), with a light workload. Several players trained separately, including Messi, who was experiencing muscle strain.

Messi is being carefully monitored by the Argentinian medical team and is following a suitable treatment plan to ensure he can play for Argentina in their opening match in Group J of the 2026 World Cup against Algeria (8:00 AM on June 17).

Sources indicate that security around the defending champions' training camp has been extremely tight, with escort vehicles transporting Messi and his teammates to the training ground, etc.

Messi is doing two training sessions a day and is temporarily training separately, similar to several other injured Argentina players. Photo: AFA

Messi is expected to miss the friendly match between Argentina and Honduras this Sunday (7:00 AM on June 7th), and depending on his recovery, it may be possible for the captain to play a few minutes in the final warm-up match against Iceland (7:30 AM on June 10th).

Messi and Argentina are participating in the 2026 World Cup with the goal of making history: successfully defending their title. However, this journey is predicted to be very challenging, as only two teams have achieved this feat in the past, and both times were a long time ago: Italy (1934, 1938) and Brazil (1958, 1962).

According to MDZ, it seems that in order to maintain their 'luck' like in the 2022 World Cup, Messi and his teammates are keeping their old habits regarding room assignments.

A photo of Messi and his three teammates during Argentina's first training session. Photo: AFA

Specifically, despite being close friends with De Paul, Messi decided to still have a room of his own, something the number 10 has done since his close friend Sergio Aguero left the national team.

And De Paul once again shared a room with Nicolas Otamendi - room 203, right next to Messi's room (202), just like more than 3 and a half years ago, in Qatar.

An interesting detail speculated by fans is that at the 2022 World Cup, Messi was in room 201 (2+1) - a sign that the third star on his jersey would arrive for the Argentina team, while this time it's room 202 (2+2), suggesting they are waiting for another star to arrive.

Source: https://vietnamnet.vn/messi-khong-o-cung-phong-voi-de-paul-de-giu-van-may-world-cup-2521979.html