Gary Lineker: at some distance the best player of my generation and maybe the all time greatest player

Ruud Gullit: you are forever in my heart and in many other true football fans RIP Diego

Pelé: i am sad to have lost my good friend, someday we might play some football in heaven again


the club SS Napoli: devastating impact for the city and the club



some reactions from some football alumni and his team i just read on our tv text page of NOS (and i translated it)

Barcelona too

The greatest football player of my lifetime so far.

Rest in peace little genius.

apparently this is trending on twitter, some confusion with some people ''maradona not madonna''


my dad also heard it wrong first time when i said Diego Maradona had died (he misheard me for saying madonna)

Oh dear ,I never thought people would get mixed up :facepalm: .

RIP

What else would you expect from a career politician? Can't even pay his respects without bringing politics into it.

He could have just called him "a working class hero"

RIP to a legend.

Any points earned in death wish game?

Maradona brought politics into it all the time. He loved to taunt about the cheating, talked about football like it was revenge for The Falklands. Talked about the England team later on cheaters. He couldn't face up to reality and ended up getting lost in a world of drugs. He even ended up getting hated in other countries like Italy.

When in his physical prime he could kick a football around well. But I don't see how that's a reason for idolisation (except in Argentina where they are more desperate) when looking at serious matters like the hate that came from his mouth. And anyway even by 1990 people considered the Argentinian team more cynical than exciting.

When football was football. Not like the bore fest you get today.

A sizeable number of those who celebrate him around the world are anglophobic people as well.

What are you talking about? let the man rest in peace.

for me its not about the person, it was about his incredible talent on the football field

George Best
similar end to his life
burn out.

Just look on the internet, from youtube to media websites. People are constantly talking politics about him getting something over on 'England' the country, not just football team. Which repeats in a general way how he talked. If he hadn't talked politics it might be slightly different at least.