Maradona ‘alive and training’ at Dundee United

And other stories from the stranger side of life

Diego Maradona pictured in 2019
(Image credit: Marcos Brindicci/Getty Images)

Football fans believe they’ve spotted Diego Maradona having a jog at Dundee United’s training ground, the Daily Star reported. The football legend died in November 2020 at the age of 60, but supporters noticed a figure resembling the Argentinian having a run in the background of Sky Sports footage this week. “What the f***s Maradona doing at Dundee,” asked one viewer on social media. Another said “Maradona is alive and he’s hiding in Dundee”.

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  Chas Newkey-Burden has been part of The Week Digital team for more than a decade and a journalist for 25 years, starting out on the irreverent football weekly 90 Minutes, before moving to lifestyle magazines Loaded and Attitude. He was a columnist for The Big Issue and landed a world exclusive with David Beckham that became the weekly magazine’s bestselling issue. He now writes regularly for The Guardian, The Telegraph, The Independent, Metro, FourFourTwo and the i new site. He is also the author of a number of non-fiction books.