Diego Maradona has died

[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

 

[ShotaShuffle]

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

Legend.

Try 40 years

 

[828909]

Sad news.

60 is far too young.

Best player I’ve ever seen.

 

[HereLiesDavidStHubbins]

I don't think he was ever at serious risk of old age.

He absolutely lit the world up.

 

[BlueFlagHigh]

What an absolute sickener . The greatest player for me of my generation. A total genius . What a blow . RIP Diego

 

[drgriffen]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1331636182653014016

 

[Once a BEAR]

RIP, what a player, absolute class

 

[gersin008]

A flawed genius who no modern player can come close to

RIP

 

[charlie_snowball]

The GOAT.

The best player to touch a football ever.

 

[frankieboy]

Nothing on BBC
RIP

 

[dtbdel]

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.

Remember seeing him at Hampden... some player at 18 years old, and he stuck out a mile even then. I think he scored as well?

 

[Grimsdale]

ffs, just out of hospital for alcohol dependency

Think he had brain surgery.

 

[Johnny Yen]

The greatest, really gutted at this news.

My other half bought me a retro Argentina 86 top just a few weeks ago.

Argentina will be in mourning.

 

[Boldvale]

Shame, but it looks like his lifestyle has caught up with him.

 

[ranger nation]

RIP El Diego. The Greatest.

 

[jigster]

sad news , all time great definitely

 

[cradletograve]

Genius of a player. Perhaps the GOAT.
RIP.

 

[rfcsteven]

The best ever for me

 

[Treble Kings]

Cardiac arrest, aged 60.

 

[Ambiorix]

They say it's a team game, but he won Napoli 2 Serie A championships largely single-handed.

 

[Kerdo1801]

Canny believe it. Grew up watchin this guy. Best ever. If he got the protection from refs that players get now their wouldn’t even be a debate. Took an average team to win World Cup