(FILES) Argentina's forward #10 Lionel Messi's father Jorge Messi (C) waits in the tribune ahead of the start of the Qatar 2022 World Cup Group C football match between Poland and Argentina at Stadium 974 in Doha on November 30, 2022. 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 JUAN MABROMATA / AFP via Getty Images)