(FILES) (COMBO) This combination of file pictures created on August 26, 2020 shows (L to R and TOP to BOTTOM) Barcelona's Argentinian Leo Messi in 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018. Argentina superstar Lionel Messi said on August 12, 2026 he has "serious doubts" about continuing to play football for "much longer" after the death of his father Jorge Messi. "I don't know what I'll do without you, I don't know how to go on. I just played football, and now I have serious doubts about continuing to do so for much longer," Messi, 39, wrote in a message on social media after his father, who was also his agent, died last week aged 68. (Photo by AFP via Getty Images)