I’m not dead!

In scenes reminiscent of the peasant village in Monty Python And The Holy Grail, Diego Maradona has, for the third time in recent months, had to assure the world’s media that he’s really just a bit ill, and in fact is feeling a bit better now, and might go for a walk if he could just…

Who on earth started this most recent rumour is not clear – indeed, Olé lead the story today with the tagline ‘Who wants to see Diego dead?’, but his ex-wife, Claudia Villafañe, had to tell journalists gathered outside the hospital in which he’s staying: ‘He’s great, in a perfect state of health.’ That’s almost certainly complete rubbish as well, given what he’s in there for, but the truth lies somewhere between the two, it would seem…