DIEGO MARADONA HAS insisted that he is “very healthy” despite his daughter’s claims that the Gimnasia La Plata manager is “dying from the inside”.
Gianinna Maradona, Manchester City striker Sergio Aguero’s ex-wife, publicly voiced her worries over her father’s deteriorating health on social media last week.
The 30-year-old wrote: “He is not dying because his body has decided so, he is getting killed from the inside and does not realise it.
“I do not believe in the parameters of normal, but that is far from the reality of what he deserves. Pray for him. Please! Thank you!”
She added in a second post: “Do you remember a zoo where you could take pictures with a gigantic lion?
You could go into its cage and ‘cuddle’ it. They had it pilled-up, otherwise, it would have been impossible to tame the wild animal.
“Any resemblance to reality is a pure coincidence.”
The Argentina legend has suggested that he is not sure what his daughter ”meant to say or what she had interpreted”, but he does not share her concerns over his own physical wellbeing.
Maradona posted a video on Instagram on Tuesday, with it his desire to assure the public he is ”not dying at all, that I sleep peacefully because I am working”.
He added: ”As you get older, people worry more about what you’re going to leave behind than what you’re doing.
And I tell everyone that I am not leaving them anything, that I am going to donate it. All I earned during my life, I’m going to donate it.
“For now, I am very healthy, very healthy”.
The former Barcelona and Napoli superstar is currently working as Gimnasia La Plata’s head coach in Superliga Argentina.
Maradona made headlines last week for sitting in an extravagant throne-like armchair on the side of the pitch as he watched his side thrash Newell’s Old Boys 4-0.
He has been dogged by health issues since hanging up his boots and has endured a long battle with alcohol and substance abuse in the past.
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C’mon the Pool!
@Gerry Peyton: it’s a little cold to be going to the pool.. Maybe around summer time come back to me
Hooray defence has changed a little.
Liverpool starting XI: Mignolet, Alexander-Arnold, Can, Lovren, Robertson, Henderson, Milner, Wijnaldum, Coutinho, Salah, Firmino. Subs: Karius, Klavan, Grujic, Oxlade-Chamberlain, Mane, Solanke, Sturridge.
Some good news finally.
@Hank_Scorpio: Emre Can at centre Half?
@Ronan Rafferty: at this stage I take a traffic cone over some of the centre halves.
@Ronan Rafferty: plus it’s good to see No 23 back in the defence.
Brighton to Win and Shane Duffy to score a header..
@Colin Floyd: you are a header
@Colin Floyd: threw himself to the ground for that peno, our Shane.
Come on Hendo Cano Dumo Robo Salo Gimpo Harpo Gypo and Kloppo . Majestic !
@powerfix: whatever your in to, we won’t judge.
A Brighton win here wouldnt surprise me….if they contain and mark Salah, then they should score and take the points…i’m a big fan of Chris Houghton who was very hard done by at Norwich..
And on to more important news…well done Chelsea another 3 points and the gap is closing….ish !!!!
@dannyboy: Hard done by at Newcastle too. The man gets no respect from up high but players have never had a bad word to say. Excellent football man, terrible footballing politician. Unfortunately that’s the same as every other walk of life. Big Sam, anyone?
@dannyboy: Houghton?? Wasn’t he yer man that put the ball in the back of the English net?
@dannyboy: Great prediction, you must be a real football man, Lol!
3-3 anyone ?
@powerfix: yeah maybe in 10 years