Diego Maradona has now announced his plans to become Fifa vice-president.
Jordanian Prince Ali bin al Hussein is in vying to succeed Sepp Blatter as the Fifa chief in new elections and Maradona claims he would be the man’s deputy should that come to pass. In an interview on Argentinian TV, he was typically shy and unassuming:
“If Prince Ali wins, there’s a good chance I’ll be vice president of Fifa. If I get there, I’m going to clean out all of them.”
Perhaps he would be more subtle when discussing the departure of Blatter. Perhaps not:
“He was afraid they were going to take him out of Fifa in handcuffs.”
If given the job, Maradona said he “would not go with a thirst for revenge,” but attempt to build football pitches in deprived areas. Hopefully it will all be filmed and provide a cracking new series for Veep – Armando Iannucci and Diego Armando would be something of a dream team.
Source: ritesports/ritefmonline.org
