Maradona to return
NZPA-Reuter Rome Diego Maradona, absent without leave in Argentina, said he will return to Italy by the end of this week but that it will be at least a month before he is fit to play. In a preview of an Italian television interview the Argentine and Napoli captain was quoted as saying: "I will return within the week but you will not know until the last minute. Physically I am well but I won't be able to play for at least a month.” Maradona, aged 28, left Italy on June 29 and his Napoli club has started disciplinary proceedings against him because of his refusal to return in time for Sunday’s start of the first division (Championship, in wjjich his side beat Ascoli, 1-0.
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Press, 30 August 1989, Page 33
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