TITLE: 🤐 Messi's silence: 5 days without speaking, locked up in "La Fortaleza"... goodbye to the national team or internal mourning? 🇦🇷
Guys, I've been thinking about it for days. Since Spain beat us in the World Cup final on Sunday, Messi hasn't spoken again. A brief post on IG saying the pain was "very great" and then silence. The most important guy in Argentine football, the one who always had words for everything, is in absolute silence.
And it's not like he's on tour in Ibiza, eh. According to what has been learned, he's locked up in his mansion in Rosario, "La Fortaleza", 25 rooms, cinema, gym... but not a statement, not a press conference, not an IG story since then. In the middle of the Argentine winter, the silence of the number 10 fuels all kinds of theories.
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And while he is silent, social media is buzzing. Huge numbers of interactions have been generated around Argentina in this last week. Look:
The data is real: 23.7 million posts on X about Argentina in one week. 49% more than about Spain. So, whether you like it or not, the global focus is on us.
And then there's the personal side. It became known during the World Cup that his father Jorge has serious health problems, and since then no one has spoken about the issue again. Messi was visibly affected in the first matches. Maybe the silence isn't just about football... right?
The mansion "La Fortaleza" is worth about 5 million dollars, it has 25 rooms, cinema, gym, game room and even a soccer field. But even with those comforts, Messi hasn't wanted to show his face.
Added to all this is that Otamendi has already announced his retirement from the national team, and the rest of the dressing room is also missing in action. Only Kun and some former teammates have made any statements. Are we witnessing the end of an era? Will Messi say something or will he retire in silence as he did at PSG?
I think he speaks before the end of the year, but I don't know if it will be to announce his international retirement or simply to calm people down.