Diego Maradona’s 11-year-old son 'missing phone calls with dad' as he lays out football dream

Diego Maradona is wide considered arsenic the champion footballer of each time, but the legendary World Cup winner's lad could perchance beryllium different star

The youngest lad of shot fable Diego Maradona has laid retired his program to go a footballer arsenic helium admits helium is missing his dad.

Diego Fernando Maradona was lone 8 years aged erstwhile the legendary Argentine icon suffered a heart-attack and passed distant aged 60 successful November 2020. Maradona's decease near the shot world heartbroken and triggered 3 days of mourning successful Argentina.

Four years later, young Diego, who is present 11 years old, gave an affectional interrogation to the property with the support of his parent Veronica Ojeda. He spoke astir however helium inactive misses proceeding the dependable of his iconic father.

However, helium besides plans to travel successful his footsteps, albeit portion going off-piste on the way.

In an interrogation with Argentine outlet Clarin, fixed with the support of his mother, the youngster was asked if helium has immoderate ambitions of becoming a subordinate himself. He said: "I don't cognize if 1 time I'll play football.

"I don't cognize if I'll bash it. I told mum that I wanted to play shot and successful the end, I was terrible." He past added: "Now I privation to beryllium a goalkeeper, similar Dibu Martinez," referring to the Aston Villa and Argentina goalkeeper, who helped animate Argentina to 2 consecutive Copa America titles and the World Cup.

Although helium ne'er had the accidental to witnesser his renowned begetter play successful person, helium has watched galore videos of the footballing giant, who is wide considered to beryllium 1 of the top players successful the past of the sport.

Young Diego reflected connected his precocious father's bequest with a interaction of nostalgia. He said: "I knew however my dada played; I was a instrumentality of my dad. The 1 I similar astir is the 1 helium scored against the English."

While the net gives him entree to changeless videos of Maradona playing and speaking, determination is thing helium volition ne'er beryllium capable to person again - a speech with his precocious father.

He said: "It moves me. Yes, it moves me. I similar remembering erstwhile helium called maine and we talked connected the phone."

Maradona's sanction is everlastingly etched successful shot past for his stunning displays during Argentina's victorious run astatine the 1986 World Cup. The South American state went into nationalist mourning erstwhile Maradona passed away.

Icons specified arsenic Lionel Messi amongst others lined up to honour his memory. When Argentina won the World Cup successful 2022, Messi paid homage by emulating the famed photograph of Maradona astatine Mexico's Azteca Stadium, hoisted connected the shoulders of his teammates portion clutching the trophy.

As good arsenic the World Cup, Maradona besides won 2 Serie A titles with Napoli, the Italian Cup and the UEFA Cup, portion besides winning the Spanish Cup with Barcelona.

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