Diego Maradona handed new Fifa role… with controversial Argentina legend to clean corruption from football
DIEGO MARADONA has a new role at Fifa – ‘to work for a clean and transparent football.’
The controversial Argentinean announced the news of his new job on his Facebook page.
Diego Maradona has been handed a role at Fifa to ‘work for a clean and transparent football’Getty Images
He wrote: “Now it’s official. Finally I can fulfil one of the lifelong dreams; to work for a clean and transparent Fifa alongside people who really love football.
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“Thanks to all who have encouraged me to face this new challenge!”
Football’s international governing body has been marred in recent years of corruption and bribery – with former shamed president Sepp Blatter undergoing an eight-year ban from the sport.
Maradona has been highly critical of Blatter and Michel Platini in the past but will now help battle corruption alongside current President Gianni Infantino.
Diego Maradona will work alongside current Fifa president Gianni InfantinoGetty Images
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Sepp Blatter was at the centre of a corruption scandal that rocked FifaGetty Images
But it is set to spark outrage in some quarters with doubt over Maradona’s suitability for the role.
A brilliantly gifted footballer who won the World Cup in 1986, the 56-year-old has endured drug addictions and was even handed a suspended jail sentence in 1998 for shooting journalists with an air rifle.
A Fifa spokesman said Maradona would join ‘in recognition of his outstanding and unique contribution to football.’
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