{"id":276242,"date":"2026-06-19T14:01:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-19T18:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/19\/messi-family-issues-update-on-jorge-messis-health-urges-responsibility-and-privacy\/"},"modified":"2026-06-19T14:15:12","modified_gmt":"2026-06-19T18:15:12","slug":"messi-family-issues-update-on-jorge-messis-health-urges-responsibility-and-privacy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/19\/messi-family-issues-update-on-jorge-messis-health-urges-responsibility-and-privacy\/","title":{"rendered":"Messi family issues update on Jorge Messi\u2019s health, urges responsibility and privacy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/onefootball.com\/fr\/news\/messi-family-issues-update-on-jorge-messis-health-urges-responsibility-and-privacy-43032313\">Messi family issues update on Jorge Messi\u2019s health, urges responsibility and privacy<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/onefootball.com\/fr\/news\/messi-family-issues-update-on-jorge-messis-health-urges-responsibility-and-privacy-43032313\">https:\/\/onefootball.com\/fr\/news\/messi-family-issues-update-on-jorge-messis-health-urges-responsibility-and-privacy-43032313<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-06-19 14:01:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"onefootball.com\">onefootball.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Messi family said in a statement on Thursday that Jorge Messi is under medical supervision, recovering and progressing well, while expressing discomfort at recent rumours. They urged responsibility, prudence and humanity.<\/p>\n<p>The update followed scenes of an emotional Lionel Messi wiping away tears after scoring his first goal against Algeria in Argentina\u2019s 2026 World Cup opener. That strike set up a standout display rounded off by a hat-trick, which made him the leading goalscorer in World Cup history.<\/p>\n<p>After the game it emerged the tears could be linked to a health issue affecting his father, a matter the family stressed is strictly private.<\/p>\n<p>The statement did not disclose the diagnosis and criticised rumours and speculation in recent hours.<\/p>\n<p>The family condemned what they view as a lack of sensitivity and respect, adding that only the closest relatives have accurate information on Jorge Messi\u2019s condition.<\/p>\n<p>They asked that no credibility be given to claims from non-official channels and thanked those who have sent messages of support.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/onefootball.com\/fr\/news\/messi-family-issues-update-on-jorge-messis-health-urges-responsibility-and-privacy-43032313\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Messi family issues update on Jorge Messi\u2019s health, urges responsibility and privacy https:\/\/onefootball.com\/fr\/news\/messi-family-issues-update-on-jorge-messis-health-urges-responsibility-and-privacy-43032313 Publish Date:&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":276244,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/photobooth-api.onefootball.com\/api\/screenshot\/%2Fv2%2Fphotobooth%2Fcms%2Ffr%2F43032313%3Fdate=2026-06-19","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-276242","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-privacy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/276242"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=276242"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/276242\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":276246,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/276242\/revisions\/276246"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/276244"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=276242"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=276242"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=276242"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}