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âEven if I played for a million years, Iâd never come close to Maradona. Not that Iâd want to anyway. Heâs the greatest thereâs ever been.â - Lionel Messi
âFor Maradona to win a World Cup on his own, and letâs face it, thatâs what he did as the rest of the team were ordinary, was an amazing achievement. He was the best player Iâve seenâ - Glenn Hoddle
âThe best player Iâve seen in my life. He did things that didnât seem humanly possible. He decided matches alone, carrying average teams like Napoli and Argentina to glorious achievements. A genius.â - Marcel Desailly
"A genius, a real artist, one of the greatest players in the world. He could win a match on his own. On his own." - Sir Bobby Robson
"The best player there has ever been, better than Pele. I watched him closely in Italy every week and he was at a different level to everyone else. Some of the things he did were unbelievable. He could control the ball without looking." - Ruud Gullit
"There will never be anyone like Maradona again, not even if Messi wins three World Cups in succession." - Hector Enrique
"Some say Pele was the greatest player of all time, but not me. Maradona will always be the greatest." - Eric Cantona
"Beyond everyone else, no ball ever had a better experience than when it was at his left foot." - Jorge Valdano
"Maradona is a God to the people of Naples. Maradona changed history. We always fought relegation but with him we won two leagues, a UEFA Cup, two Italian Cups." - Fabio Cannavaro
A little anecdote that sums up Maradona's sheer status.
Before the 1990 World Cup opener, some of the Cameroonian players started crying when they saw him in the tunnel, because they just couldn't believe they were on the same pitch as him.
Before the 1990 World Cup opener, some of the Cameroonian players started crying when they saw him in the tunnel, because they just couldn't believe they were on the same pitch as him.
A wonderful clip of Gary Lineker meeting up with Diego Maradona in 2006. Watch till the end.
The goal that made our childhood 
Forever in our hearts

Forever in our hearts
