“He loves the English countryside and your respect for privacy"
Mercury = bollocks.But lets just for a moment assume that, having slipped into a parallel dimension, this story has some truth to it.It would be a media circus. Like it would be with Sven, but even bigger. I don't want my club to be a media circus, I want it to be successful on the pitch.As pointed out by curiousorange, he is an unrepentant cheat and I've still not forgiven him for 1986 - I know that holding bad feelings for so long is unhealthy but there you go. It's strange that I detest the other person complicit in that incident but for totally different reasons.He doesn't speak a word of English, so would be at an instant disadvantage in expressing his ideas.There isn't the lovefest for him here that he enjoys in his native country. As soon as this fact sinks in he'd be off, leaving us with the task of finding his replacement.Having stated all of the above, the most important thing to remember is that he's never achieved anything of note as a club manager.
Political viewsIn recent years, Maradona has shown sympathy to left-wing ideologies. He became friends with Cuban leader Fidel Castro while receiving treatment on the island. He also has a portrait of Fidel Castro tattooed on his left leg and one of Fidel's second in command, fellow Argentine Che Guevara on his right arm.[61] In his autobiography 'El Diego' he dedicated the book to several people and groups of people including Fidel Castro, he wrote "To Fidel Castro and, through him, all the Cuban people".[62]Maradona is also a supporter of Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez. In 2005 he visited Venezuela with the specific aim of meeting Chávez, who received him in Miraflores. After this meeting Maradona claimed that he had come with the aim of meeting a "great man" ("un grande" in Spanish) but he had met instead a gigantic man ("un gigante" in Spanish, meaning he was more than great)."I believe in Chávez, I am Chavista. Everything Fidel does, everything Chávez does, for me is the best."[63]He has declared his opposition to what he identifies as imperialism, notably during the 2005 Summit of the Americas in Mar del Plata, Argentina. There he protested George W. Bush's presence in Argentina, wearing a T-shirt labeled "STOP BUSH" and referring to Bush as "human garbage".[64][65]In August 2007, Maradona went further, making an appearance on Chávez's weekly television show and saying:"I hate everything that comes from the United States. I hate it with all my strength." [66]In December 2007, Maradona presented a signed shirt with a message of support to the people of Iran: it is to be displayed in the Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs' museum.[67]
Im off to read the column by that wet liberal George Tyndale now,