Maradona was declared joint FIFA Player of the 20th Century with Pele. PHOTO: FILE
“Every month of my life could make 100 episodes. Everything I’ve lived surpasses any kind of fiction,” a press release issued by Argentine TV channel Telefe quoted Maradona as saying.
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Telefe said it had signed a deal with Maradona to make a show about his life, but did not give details on the format, cast or release date. The football legend said he was “happy and enthusiastic that the channel is developing this project for the world.”
Telefe’s content director, Tomas Yankelevich, said the company was looking for partners to make an unprecedented super-production. “It’s an incredible challenge as a producer to think about fictionalising the life of the best player of all time and probably the best-known person in the world,” he said.
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Maradona, 55, is worshipped in Argentina which he led to the World Cup title in 1986.
His fame as a football genius is rivaled only by the infamy of his colourful and controversial misadventures, including a pair of doping bans and battles with drug addiction, alcoholism and obesity.
Published in The Express Tribune, July 16th, 2016.
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