Lionel Messi Paid Argentina Security Staff After Being Unpaid for 6 Months; Is Argentina FA Broke?

Barcelona Star Lionel Messi had paid Argentina's security staff their 6-month long wage after the Argentine FA failed to do so. A journalist Juan Pablo Varsky revealed Messi's kind gesture after the security team approached him and fervently asked the star for help, as AFA is overseen by the external FIFA committee due largely to bankruptcy.

Argentine Football Association (AFA) hadn't paid security guards salary for 6 months. Messi knew about it and paid them himself.
What a man! pic.twitter.com/TjfyH2JahZ

— Leo Messi (@messi10stats) November 18, 2016

In a recent Independent report, before the game in Belo Horizonte, where Argentina lost to Brazil in 3-0, two or three staff members of the Argentina security staff had no other choice but to seek out and approach Lionel Messi, asking him for financial help, as revealed by journalist Juan Pablo Varsky. As Lionel Messi was waiting for the game against Brazil in Belo Horizonte, the staff knocked on his door.

They said: "Leo, we have to talk with you. For five or six months they have not paid us. The situation is complicated, you are the captain of the team, you know us, we are asking for your help." Surely, Lionel Messi would be furious if he finds out something like this.

Although money isn't an issue, as the Barcelona star Lionel Messi currently earns a reported salary of £500,000-a-week. So obliged to the request and paid the Argentina security staff.

According to Fox Sports, Barcelona star Lionel Messi recently has been quite sensitive to the Argentina FA's incompetence and failures. When the team was in the US for the Copa America Centenario, they sub-par travel accommodations and were poorly setup, leading to Lionel Messi complaining about the Argentina FA's lack of organization.

Furthermore, reports have it that the Argentine FA contributed to Barcelona star Lionel Messi's retirement from the international soccer. Barcelona star Lionel Messi is also known for his willingness to give to charity and help out those in need.

The security guards for the team were in need. They needed the money they toiled for and rightfully earned. There were still a lot of actions that Lionel Messi doesn't want anyone to know about his charity work but the people always remembered.

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