World Cup legend Maradona quits Argentine club after two months as manager

Diego Maradona has officially quit Argentina side Gimnasia after just two months in charge.

The 59-year-old World Cup legend was alleged to have met with close friends at his home in Buenos Aires last weekend to discuss his exit from the top-flight club.

👋🏼 Diego Maradona quits as manager of Gimnasia after just eight games in charge

His third job in the last two years 😳

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Speaking of Maradona’s departure, club president Gabriel Pellegrino said the Hand of God icon told him: “I want to add, not to divide.”

Maradona did not take training today and this marks the end of what is believed to be his EIGHTH club in management.

Pellegrino added: “Maradona stopped working today. He is no longer the manager of Gimnasia.

“He would love to stay but what he wants is unity.”

Maradona – whose documentary Maradona in Mexico was released on Netflix just days ago – was presented as manager on September 8.

He took over with the side bottom of the 24-club Superliga and leaves them in 22nd with three wins in their past five games.

His last match at the helm was a 3-0 triumph over second-bottom Aldosivi last weekend.

Before that he was pictured sitting on a throne pitchside when he took charge of Gimnasia against his former club Newell’s Old Boys last month.

And there was a “terrifying” mascot unveiled in his honour too.

This was Maradona’s first managerial job in his homeland since 2010 – when he left the national team.

And it did not come without typical Maradona wackiness.

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Being very superstitious, the former Boca Juniors and Napoli genius has banned the colour green.

And one of his first acts was to bring a priest to the training ground to bless the players and dispel the bad energy he thought had accumulated in the previous months.