I love you, Dad: Leo Messi's farewell to his father 💔 | OneFootball

The captain of the Argentina National Team, Lionel Messi, has publicly broken his silence to say goodbye to his father and longtime representative, Jorge Messi, after his recent and irreparable loss.

The Rosario-born star posted a heartfelt and heartbreaking letter on his Instagram account, accompanied by a photograph of the two of them, expressing the deep personal void his family is going through in this difficult moment.

In the letter, Argentina’s number ten began by expressing the enormous shock caused by his father’s passing: "Dad, I still can’t believe you’re gone. It hasn’t sunk in, or rather, I don’t want it to sink in." The captain also confessed how hard it is to face daily life without his fundamental pillar: "It’s very hard for me to imagine that I’m not going to see you anymore, that we’re not going to talk anymore."

In one of the most intimate passages of the message, Messi recounted the family’s prior suffering and the hard personal moments he experienced during his last major international tournament. The Rosario native revealed that he tried to push his body to the limit to give his father a moment of joy while he was dealing with his delicate health condition: "I wanted to win it to take it to you and show you a new one. I couldn’t, my legs had nothing left."

Likewise, the letter shows Jorge’s indispensable role as a source of support, a friend, and a representative throughout his entire career. Reflecting on the impact of this loss on his daily life and football career, Messi admitted deep uncertainty about the future of his career: "I don’t know what I’m going to do without you, I don’t know how to keep going. I only played football, and now I have a lot of doubts that I’ll keep doing it for much longer."

The moving message concluded with a commitment to keep his family example alive by raising his three children with the same values. As a farewell, the Rosario-born star dedicated an emotional closing to his great guide on and off the pitch: "Rest in peace and watch over us from above as you did here. Thank you for everything. I love you, Dad."

This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇪🇸 here.

📸 LUIS ROBAYO - AFP or licensors