Maradona open to Pompey
switch
Diego Maradona's lawyer has
sensationally claimed the Argentina boss is ready and willing to
quit his job to join Portsmouth as a "global
ambassador".
Pompey's new owner Sulaiman
Al Fahim,
who this
week completed his £60million takeover, wants the Argentine to help
attract world superstars to the South Coast.
Al Fahim recently announced plans to open a Maradona Sports Cafe
in the UAE and is also a close friend of Maradona's cousin Remigio,
with both men working for the UN as goodwill ambassadors.
Maradona's lawyer Angel Oscar Moyano claims his client has
players lined up to join Al Fahim's Fratton Park revolution and
that he is ready to quit the Argentina post he only accepted last
October.
"He has got top players ready and he is even ready to leave the
Argentine national team," Moyano told Arabian
Business.
"He wants to build a strong team for which he
offers his mediation for signing players of top level, who with the
support of
Diego Maradona, will be ready to come to
Portsmouth."
Al Fahim is clearly a fan of the 48-year-old, stating his
presence alone would go a long way to helping transform
Portsmouth.
"I do not know if Maradona is a good coach," he conceded. "What
I think is that he should be president of a club and have the right
to buy and choose players.
"At Napoli he started from scratch and built a club. He has the
power to transform football teams."
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