My special moments with El Diez in Africa
JERMANE CRAIG ‘El Diez’ is no more. Number ‘10’ will live forever. Diego Armando Maradona has died, and a piece of football’s soul has died with him. Maradona was my first football hero, I absolutely adored him. As a 10-year-old, when I first truly began to understand and love the global game, it was the grainy images of Diego Maradona winning the 1986 FIFA World Cup almost single-handedly for Argentina that mesmerised me. He was sensational, magical, his talent defied belief. He caressed the ball, made love to the ball, it was seemingly glued to the laces of his football…