Maradona

Diego Maradona's come-back as manager of Argentina at the recent World Cup was the opportunity for a new generation of football fans to see the enigmatic Argentine in full view.  Always in a shiny suit, he would prance histrionically around at the edge of the pitch as if about to explode.  His team at one point looked the unstoppable tournament victors, until a heavy dose Teutonic logic flattened them.  He was also irresistible at the post-match press conferences, inviting the assembled world sporting to press to suck it and see..


Still, Maradona came out looking good - it seemed that the dark days of drug abuse and weight gain were behind him.  Argentina ultimately left their mark on the finals. A new contract was issued... and then retracted.  Who knows what will happen to him now?  England fans will never forgive those cunning hands, all the same.  Someone who has for so long dominated his country and appeared to be part of the landscape itself exits stage left.  How the mighty are fallen.