adminDUBAI. — A furious Diego Maradona has labelled Manchester City striker Sergio Aguero “a wimp” on the day the controversial “Hand of God” forward turned 53. Aguero was married to Giannina, Maradona’s daughter, for four years and has a son, Benjamin, with her, but the two split earlier this year.
However, it seems that his former father-in-law is in no mood to forgive him.
“He’s a wimp, who I don’t even want to name,” Maradona told Argentine radio.
The legendary World Cup winner pulled no punches in his explosive radio rant, vowing to stand by his daughter’s side in any potential future legal battles.
“In my daughter’s next meeting with a lawyer, I want to be by her side. We’ll see who can talk,’ he said.
“The next time I want to be there to see if he (Aguero) says anything.’
Maradona who turned 53 yesterday, is in Dubai because, as he puts it, he is “a sporting exile”.
“At the moment I am missing my daughters, but you can’t have everything in life,” he said.
He also thanked people for the messages and tributes he had received: “A huge thank you to the ‘disciples of Maradona’, my old man and all of my family.”
However, it seems unlikely that Aguero will be among those joining in the former Argentina star’s birthday celebrations.
Last week, Maradona criticised tax authorities for hounding him while on a four-day trip to Italy.
The World Cup legend is at the centre of an ongoing dispute over unpaid taxes during his time as a Napoli player between 1984-1992, with authorities notifying him last Friday that they would begin proceedings to freeze his assets in Italy to pay off a tax debt of £33million. Maradona has avoided the country after having two gold Rolex watches worth £9 000 and diamond earrings worth £3 700 confiscated in the past. He returned to Italy for the launch of a set of DVDs produced by Gazzetta dello Sporto — and was immediately contacted by Italy’s tax collection agency who delivered a letter to his hotel room in Milan.
However, the 52-year-old insists that he has no case to answer for and the tax collectors should leave him alone.
“I’m not a tax evader and I have no problems telling that to Equitalia (tax collectors),” Maradona said to Rai television. — Mailonline.
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