Argentina’s President Javier Milei has voiced support for Lionel Messi and his family following an act of vandalism at their Ibiza residence.

Milei has urged the Spanish authorities to ensure the safety of Argentine nationals after climate change activists targeted Messi’s €11 million home, defacing the property with red and black paint.

The vandals also posed in the garden holding a banner written in English that read: "Help the planet. Eat the rich. Abolish the police."

Milei posted on X: "In Spain, communists who want to "murder the rich and abolish the police to end climate change" vandalized a home of Lionel Messi and his family.

"I stand in solidarity with the Messi family for this cowardly and delusional event and I ask Pedro Sanchez's government to guarantee the safety of the Argentine citizens who live in the Kingdom of Spain.

"Communism is an ideology fostered by envy, hatred and resentment towards the successful. It has no place in the free and civilized world."

Lionel Messi, who bought the luxury property in Ibiza in 2022 following his departure from Barcelona, was not present at the time of the vandalism.

He has used the home for vacations on the island.

The activists responsible for the attack described it as "non-violent civil disobedience," aiming to hold wealthy individuals accountable for the climate crisis and criticize the Spanish government's inaction.

They also claimed that Messi's mansion was constructed "illegally."

Currently, the Inter Miami star is recovering from an ankle injury he sustained during the recent Copa América.