Lionel Messi says not certain to play 'much longer' after father's death

Lionel Messi said on Wednesday (Aug 12) he is having doubts about continuing his career following the death of his father last week.Messi's father, Jorge, died last week aged 68 at a medical clinic in the Argentine city of Rosario after a long illness."I don't know what I'm going to do without you. I don't know how to move forward. I only played football and now I have quite a few doubts about whether I'm going to keep doing it for much longer," Messi wrote in a tribute on Instagram."You were by my side from the beginning; there was so little left until the end. Why couldn't you hold on just a little longer so we could finish it together?" Jorge closely accompanied his son Lionel throughout his career, beginning with his early years at Barcelona. He acted as a crucial pillar of support and