Manchester City right-back Pablo Zabaleta wants to win the FA Cup for his father.
The Argentine's dad, Jorge, was recently badly injured in a car accident back in his homeland and now Pablo wants to lift the cup to help give him more strength as he continues his recovery.
"I am sure he will think I have to be here," Zabaleta, who recently spent some time back home with his father, told the Manchester Evening News.
"Sometimes I want to be with my family there - it is a difficult time, but my career is very important as well.
"I am sure he would say to me, if he could, that I should come back to Manchester and carry on with my job. That's why I am here.
"I went back to Argentina to support my family, my brothers, but when he started to get better I decided to come back to be with the team.
"It was a time when nothing was going to change, and I spoke to the doctor. I told him I had to go back, and was leaving my father in good hands.
"It was a difficult decision, but this is my career and we are in a great moment, so I wanted to be here for the final and to be with the team in this part of the season."
City take on Stoke City in the FA Cup final at Wembley Stadium on May 14 but before that they must take on relegation battlers West Ham United in the league on Sunday.
