Diego Maradona has died

[a_weir]

A real shame. One of footballs greats.

Hasn’t looked well for a long time but still a shocker.

 

[Jjbscotty]

Fs get 2020 in the bin.

 

[Calgacus]

That's terrible news. RIP Diego.

 

[BlueBarron]

not seeing this anywhere been on sky news and sky sports news. Hope it ain't true. he was my hero

 

[Jack Burton]

Sorry to hear this, but battering coke when you are in your 50s is only going to end one way.

One of the best ever.

 

[Disraeli]

Someone who will be remembered for hid genius as long as football is played.

RIP Diego. An incredible player and amazing life story

 

[hunter1rfc]

60, albeit that's quite impressive if the rumours he was banging gear for the best part of 20 years is true.

Legend.

20 years more like 35 surely he was banging the stuff in the 80s

 

[Drumchapel Loyalist]

not seeing this anywhere been on sky news and sky sports news. Hope it ain't true. he was my hero

It's being reported from official news sources in Argentina.

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1331633598496116739

 

[Jim Denny]

RIP wee man, a genius,

 

[Brian Laudrup]

RIP The Greatest player of all time

 

[Boab4]

60, albeit that's quite impressive if the rumours he was banging gear for the best part of 20 years is true.

Legend.

I think he was on the gear a lot more than 20 years.

More likely almost double that.

 

[TN8]

Huge news. Hope it's not true.

 

[btl456]

He was some player, 60 is no age at all. Lived life to the limit, RIP diego

 

[Alex Venters]

Never seen a fine footballer and I knew on 2 June 1979, that I never would.
Nobody, not even Messi has come close to the heights Diego reached.

 

[gizmico1986]

 

[9inaBo]

RIP legend.

 

[Barisic's Bandage]

So sad. Trouble person but what a genius on the pitch.

My favourite ever player to watch.

 

[DechmontLoyal]

Legend of a player.

car crash of a human being when he stopped playing

a real character who lit up the game with incredible talent

 

[tobeornottobe]

Simply the best.

 

[Coza]

Awww man that’s shit. I mean he was fucking crazy and done well to get to 60 with his lifestyle but still a shock.

 

[Arkanoid]

Sad but not surprised at the drug references rather than the world cup winner, FIFA player of the Century, singlehandedly winning the Serie A with Napoli

 

[monkey magic]

Daily Mail now reporting similar.

'I feel sick': Football legend Maradona dies of heart attack aged 60

The Argentinian football legend, 60, suffered a heart attack at home on Wednesday just two weeks after he was released from hospital following surgery for a bleed on his brain.

www.dailymail.co.uk

 

[Kirbys House]

Shite news.

Can't overstate his talent.

 

[Sasa]

Surely not, he isn't that old.

Hope this isn't true.

Maybe not, but he certainly “lived the life.”

 

[RFC Numerouno]

RIP Diego!
The greatest footballer of all time!

 

[GK1872]

sad news for his family, he lived a life RIP

 

[oranje-viola]

20 years more like 35 surely he was banging the stuff in the 80s

He started hammering it at Barcelona - 84/85 - and obviously his Camorra handlers in Naples helped exacerbate his habit and associated health problems.

So yep best part of 40 years, he would probably have died a decade or so ago had his pal Fidel not came to the rescue

 

[Coda]

Considering the lifestyle he lead, it comes as no surprise sadly.

 

[vancy]

One of the best ever, if not the best.

No doubt his lifestyle caught up with him.

 

[TW1988]

2020 - the gift that keeps on giving!
What a player, troubled character, but a literal footballing genius.

 

[Whosthedado9]

The documentary of him was unreal and gave me a massive insight to his career that I didn’t know ( too young to remember him )

RIP Diego

 

[The Lone Sniper]

My favourite player (alongside D Cooper).

 

[Gallant_Few]

RIP DIEGO..

RIP LEGEND.

 

[Austin says Ibrox Baby]

Terrible news

 

[dh1963]

There's no correct answer to the Greatest Ever question, football and lifestyles have changed so much over time.
But no doubt at all Maradona belongs in the debate, he was without doubt the best of his era, and his era had some magnificent players.

 

[kybear]

What a player,RIP Diego

 

[Chunky Dawz]

RIP to one of the greatest players ever.

 

[BobbyRussellShimmy]

Very sad news. What a genius of a footballer he was.

 

[Overanout]

Rip, the Netflix doc about his time in Mexico is worth a watch.

 

[arnietac1]

What a life. What a gift he had.
RIP