Maradona says he owes nothing in Italy and that he was better than Lionel Messi

Diego Armando Maradona who was once the emblem of the Italian Napoli, scored 115 goals in 259 matches between 1984 and 1991 and achieved along with them, a  UEFA Cup (1989), two league titles (1987 and 1990), a Cup of Italy (1987) and an Italian Supercup (1990).

Former soccer star denied yesterday having a  millionaire debt of unpaid taxes in Italy, after being welcomed on his return to Napoles for a crowd of fans and journalists from different media, where there is still fervor for ‘Pelusa’.

The tax collector ensures that the Argentine owes $ 52.3 million, corresponding to accumulated interests since 1984, when he arrived at Napoli.

“I want to return to Italy with my grandson and see Napoles. I want him to know what his grandfather has done and not remember him as a tax evader. I would ask the justice to walk free in Italy” said former world champion with Argentina.

He ended the press conference with two messages: first, that the responsible for the fiscal affairs was Napoli’s president at the time, Corrado Ferlaino, and his former manager, Guillermo Coppola, and the second was that 4-time winner of the Golden Ball , his compatriot Lionel Messi, ‘La Pulga’, “is a fantasctic player but I was better”

Diego Maradona, en su visita por Nápoles