Maradona arrives in Belarus to take up new job – Punch Newspapers

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Diego Maradona arrived in Belarus on Monday to begin the latest chapter in his colourful career.

Argentina’s 1986 World Cup winner insisted that his new role as president of first division Dinamo Brest was “very serious” and said he hoped his presence would help the country’s sport “get better every day”.

The 57-year-old also expressed a wish to meet authoritarian Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko.

“I have very good memories of Fidel Castro, (Hugo) Chavez and (Moamer) Kadhafi and I also know Putin,” the former Argentinian number 10 said at a news conference, listing late leaders of Cuba, Venezuela and Libya and the current Russian president.

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“Now I want to do a photograph with Lukashenko,” he said of the former collective farm boss who has ruled the ex-Soviet state…



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