{"id":113664,"date":"2026-06-02T11:36:11","date_gmt":"2026-06-02T11:36:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/02\/from-messi-to-ronaldo-13-legends-who-could-play-their-final-fifa-world-cup\/"},"modified":"2026-06-02T11:36:11","modified_gmt":"2026-06-02T11:36:11","slug":"from-messi-to-ronaldo-13-legends-who-could-play-their-final-fifa-world-cup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/02\/from-messi-to-ronaldo-13-legends-who-could-play-their-final-fifa-world-cup\/","title":{"rendered":"From Messi to Ronaldo, 13 legends who could play their final FIFA World Cup"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The 2026 FIFA World Cup is expected to serve as a farewell stage for several of football\u2019s most iconic players. From Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo to Luka Modri\u0107, Neymar and Mohamed Salah, a generation that has defined the modern game could be making its final World Cup appearances. For some, it is one last chance at glory; for others, a final opportunity to cement enduring legacies.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 2026 FIFA World Cup is expected to serve as a farewell stage for several of football\u2019s most iconic players. From Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo to Luka Modri\u0107, Neymar and Mohamed Salah, a generation that has defined the modern game could be making its final World Cup appearances. For some, it is one last&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/02\/from-messi-to-ronaldo-13-legends-who-could-play-their-final-fifa-world-cup\/\" class=\"\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">From Messi to Ronaldo, 13 legends who could play their final FIFA World Cup<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":113665,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sitemap_exclude":false,"_sitemap_priority":"","_sitemap_frequency":"","neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113664"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=113664"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113664\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/113665"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=113664"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=113664"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=113664"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}