(FILES) Jorge Horacio Messi, father of Barcelona football star Lionel Messi (C), and his lawyer Cristobal Martell (L) arrive to the courhouse in the coastal town of Gava near Barcelona on September 27, 2013 to face judges on tax evasion charges. Jorge Messi, the father and agent of global football star Lionel Messi, has died aged 68 in Rosario, his hometown north of Buenos Aires, Newell's Old Boys the club where the Argentine captain played as a child announced on aUGUST 8, 2026. (Photo by Josep LAGO / AFP via Getty Images)