Diego Maradona's latest interview has a whole new level of emotion and shock following his death at the age of 60.
The Argentine legend, winner of the World Cup spoke to the newspaper Clarin just days before he was taken to the hospital and just weeks before he suffered the heart attack that eventually took his life.
The former Barcelona and Napoli star, who has had his fair share of personal problems with drugs and alcohol, appeared incredibly vulnerable and spoke volumes about what football has given him and the love he has experienced.
He expressed his desire to meet his mother, 'Dona Tota' again in heaven after she died nine years ago.
"Sometimes I wonder if people will still love me", Maradona had initially said, reports The Mirror.
"I will be eternally grateful to people. Every day they surprise me, what I experienced in this return to Argentine football I will never forget".
“It exceeded what I could have imagined. Because I was out for a long time and sometimes one wonders if people will still love me, if they will continue to feel the same."
"When I entered the field at Gimnasia on the day of the presentation, I felt that the love for people will never end."
"I went and I'm very happy. Football gave me everything I have, more than I ever imagined. And if I didn't have that addiction, I could have played a lot more."
"But today it's over, I'm fine and what I regret the most is not having my parents. Always make that wish, one more day with 'Dona Tota', but I know from heaven that she is proud of me and that she was very happy".
"I want all Argentinians to be well, we have a beautiful country and I am confident that our President will be able to get us out of this moment."
"It makes me very sad when I see children who don't have enough to eat, I know what it's like to be hungry, I know how you feel when you don't eat for a few days and that can't happen in my country."
"This is my wish, to see Argentines happy, with work and eating every day", Maradona concluded the interview, which turned out to be the last in his life. /Telegraph/
