Diego Maradona on an official trip to Spain.The 60-year-old Argentina football legend died on Wednesday from a heart attack sparking tributes from all over the world.And John told of his amazing meeting with Maradona in Seville during a trip to seek European funding for the local authority.He said: “It was interesting to say the least.“It was a number of years ago, back in the 1990s, and he stayed in the room across the corridor from mine in the hotel in Seville.“Maradona was there to sign for Seville and he had actually booked the entire floor, but somehow for whatever reason, I was on the same floor and I had the only room that wasn’t for his family and entourage.“It was straight across from his.“There were two of his minders at each end.
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