{"id":917319,"date":"2026-07-03T21:16:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-04T02:16:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/03\/lionel-messis-family-breaks-silence-on-fathers-health-after-online-speculation\/"},"modified":"2026-07-03T21:16:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-04T02:16:09","slug":"lionel-messis-family-breaks-silence-on-fathers-health-after-online-speculation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/03\/lionel-messis-family-breaks-silence-on-fathers-health-after-online-speculation\/","title":{"rendered":"Lionel Messi&#8217;s family breaks silence on father&#8217;s health after online speculation"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<figure contenteditable=\"false\">\n    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.geo.tv\/assets\/uploads\/updates\/2026-06-19\/669359_6498858_updates.jpg\" alt=\"Lionel Messis family breaks silence on fathers health after online speculation\" width=\"700\" height=\"400\" class><figcaption contenteditable=\"true\" class>Lionel Messi&#8217;s family breaks silence on father&#8217;s health after online speculation<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Argentinian footballer Lionel Messi\u2019s father, Jorge Messi, is suffering from a medical condition, the athlete\u2019s family confirmed his father\u2019s health issues on Thursday, June 18, after unverified reports started circulating on social media.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement to ESPN, the master dribbler\u2019s family said: \u201cJorge, is currently under medical supervision, recovering and progressing favorably within his current condition.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>The family did not share further details about the health issue and neither shared the expected timeline to a full recovery; however, they denied all the unverified reports not coming from official channels. <\/p>\n<p>The Messi family expressed \u201cdeep displeasure\u201d over lack of \u201csensitivity, respect and scruples\u201d over several exaggerated reports about the 68-year-old\u2019s health. They described the situation as \u201cstrictly private and a family matter.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>The family stated that only valid information could come from Jorge\u2019s closest family members and urged the public not to believe in unverified \u201cversion, statement, or information\u201d that does not come from the Messi\u2019s family. <\/p>\n<p>They said: \u201cAt times like these, we ask for responsibility, prudence and compassion,\u201d  adding, \u201cWe sincerely appreciate the expressions of affection, respect, and concern received.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Jorge\u2019s health came to the spotlight after Messi got teary eyed after scoring his first 2026 World Cup goal against Algeria and later explained that the tears stemmed from matters outside football.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> Luz Mcnaught <br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.geo.tv\/latest\/669359-lionel-messis-family-breaks-silence-on-fathers-health-after-online-speculation\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lionel Messi&#8217;s family breaks silence on father&#8217;s health after online speculation Argentinian footballer Lionel Messi\u2019s father, Jorge Messi, is suffering from a medical condition, the athlete\u2019s family confirmed his father\u2019s health issues on Thursday, June 18, after unverified reports started circulating on social media. In a statement to ESPN, the master dribbler\u2019s family said: \u201cJorge<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":917320,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22672,93020],"tags":[82301,108989],"class_list":["post-917319","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-lionel","category-messis","tag-lionel","tag-messis"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/917319","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=917319"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/917319\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/917320"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=917319"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=917319"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=917319"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}