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Diego Maradona walks out to the Stadio San Paolo for his unveiling
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Maradona's time at Barcelona started well but then it went haywire. The infamous brawl with the Bilbao players, intermittent bouts of injury and diseases marred his time with the Catalans. He had frequent run-ins with the board and a Barcelona executive once remarked that “we couldn't go any further with him.” So the little magician was transferred to Napoli in a record-breaking deal.
When the Argentine legend arrived in Naples, the city went bonkers. David Goldblatt recollects, “They were convinced that the saviour has arrived.” Maradona walked out into the Stadio San Paolo on the 5th of July 1984 to an overwhelming 75,000 Napoli supporters.
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One can say that, Diego - one of the best to have ever graced the game - repaid their belief as he reached the peak of his professional career with Napoli. He won the Italian Seria A with Napoli in the 1986-87 season, 1988-89 season, the UEFA Cup in 1989, the Coppa Italia in 1987 and the Italian Super Cup in 1990.
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Shambhu Ajith
Shambhu is a European and international football journalist at Sportskeeda who focuses on previews, listicles and news articles. An ardent Manchester United supporter since before his teenage years, he started following the Red Devils by age 10 watching MUTV on television. Shambhu is also a highly-revered rapper and a playback singer on Spotify, having a whopping 1 million monthly listeners.
For his articles, Shambhu believes in triple-checking every piece of information, relying on trusted websites like Transfermarkt and Opta, and staying away from speculative publications. He believes that his law degree helped him to be more articulate and meticulous with his content and one of his core strengths is seamlessly involving emotion in his write-ups owing to the love for the sport. For Sportskeeda, has done exclusive interviews with Spanish legends Gaizka Mendieta and Fernando Morientes so far, and his articles boast of a huge readership of close to 50 million.
Shambhu's favorite footballer is Lionel Messi, and the Argentine attaining glory in 2022 is his favorite FIFA World Cup moment. He believes only Kylian Mbappe and Erling Haaland could replicate Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo's rivalry in the years to come. His favorite manager is Sir Alex Ferguson due to the Scot's unmatched longevity at the top.
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