It was a dream that even Cristiano Ronaldo couldn’t have thought would come true as 80,000 plus packed into the Santiago Bernabeu to see Real Madrid’s unveiling of the world’s most expensive player, a record the 24 year old Portuguese International took from the hands of Diego Maradona.
You really didn’t think that after Argentina Football Association President Julio Grondona and Boca Junior’s midfielder Juan Roman Riquelme took their turn in the press about whether or not the 31 year old was making himself available for selection that Diego Maradona wouldn’t have his as well, did you?
Even after Argentina Football Association President Julio Grondona went public with his plea for Boca Junior midfielder Juan Roman Riquelme to make himself available for selection, the 31 year old is adamant he won’t be returning while Diego Maradona is in charge.
After watching La Seleccion tumble down to 4th place with 19 points in the South American World Cup Qualifiers, the president of Argentina Football Association, Julio Grondona has gone through the media to try and persuade Boca Juniors playmaker Juan Roman Riquelme to make himself available once again for the Albicelestes.
Argentina National Team head coach and Boca Junior legend Diego Maradon has felt enough of the Juan Roman Riquelme backlash from Boca supporters during the weekends 3 - 0 win over Argentino Juniors, including posters that described him as a traitor, that he felt it warranted a public response on Argentine radio.
Following the Juan Roman Riquelme announcement that he would no longer be making himself available for selection, Diego Maradona wasted no time in naming two Co - Captains ahead of Argentina’s World Cup Qualifiers at home against Venezuela on March 28th and in La Paz against Bolivia on April 1st.
Boca Juniors playmaker Juan Roman Riquelme has made the shocking announcement that he is walking away from the National Team after disagreements with Argentina boss Diego Maradona.
A report claims Maradona’s love of Cuban cigars was to blame for evacuation of Manchester’s Radisson Edwardian Hotel at 7am on Sunday morning, just nine hours before kick-off at Old Trafford. Chelsea’s players were forced to wait outside in bitterly cold conditions for 40 minutes before the could return to their rooms. United went on to defeat a tired-looking Chelsea side 3-0.
