Messi's going it all alone

LIONEL MESSI has been given the privacy of his own hotel room as he looks to finally crack the World Cup.

- SIMON MULLOCK

Messi, 35, is playing in his fifth tournament and is driven by the disappointment of defeat at the hands of Germany in the 2014 final in Brazil.

Now it has emerged that the Paris Saint-Germain star has broken with the Argentine tradition of sharing a room as Lionel Scaloni’s men bunker down at their training camp at the University of Qatar.

With long-term room-mate Sergio Aguero now retired, Messi has taken up residence on his own in Room B-201.