LIONEL MESSI HAS LOST THE MAN WHO STOOD BESIDE HIM FROM THE VERY BEGINNING. 💔😠— HIS FATHER JORGE HAS DIED AT 68, LEAVING THE FOOTBALL LEGEND FACING AN UNIMAGINABLE LOSS Lionel Messi’s father Jorge has died at the age of 68 after a long illness, with the devastating news emerging from Rosario, Argentina. For Messi, Jorge was far more than his father and agent — he was the person who stood beside him through the hardest moments of his childhood and helped guide his extraordinary football journey. From supporting the treatment Messi needed as a young boy to staying with him when he moved to Barcelona at just 13, Jorge remained one of the most important figures behind his son’s rise to global greatness. Tributes have already poured in from some of football’s biggest clubs, remembering the man who helped nurture one of the greatest careers the sport has ever seen. But the heartbreaking story of what Messi and his family had been quietly going through in recent months makes Jorge’s passing even more devastating… 💔
Lionel Messi’s dad Jorge dies aged 68 after battle with illness that reduced Argentina star to tears at World Cup LIONEL MESSI’S father Jorge has died aged 68 after a long illness. Jorge passed away at around 10pm yesterday at a clinic in Rosario, where he had been receiving medical treatment. 5Lionel Messi in his … Read more