From: lms@rle-vlsi.mit.edu (Luis Miguel Silveira)
Subject: Maradona News 
Reply-To: lms@rle-vlsi.mit.edu
Organization: Research Laboratory of Electronics, Massachusetts Institute of
	Technology
Date: Sun, 16 Aug 1992 06:06:46 GMT



Just picked this up from clarinews.  Hope it is ok to distribute....

If what's written here is true then I think Maradona's demands are
ludicrous and he must be crazy...

> From: clarinews@clarinet.com (UPI)
> Date: 15 Aug 92 19:55:58 GMT
> 
> 	NAPLES, Italy (UPI) -- Officials of Italian soccer club Napoli, as
> expected, rejected the financial demands made by Diego Maradona, back
> from drug suspension, before the midfielder reports to training camp.
> 	The demands rejected by Napoli reportedly included $9 million for the
> upcoming season, as opposed to the $2 million dollars he is contracted
> to receive, and a writeoff of a $6.3 million advance the club already
> paid him.
> 	Maradona's 15-month suspension for cocaine use expired June 30, but
> he has refused to report to the team despite having one year left on his
> contract. The Argentine star reportedly wants out of his Napoli contract
> so he can join Spanish club Sevilla or Olympic Marseille of France.
> 	A statement issued by Napoli President Corrado Ferlaino said he would
> honor only the current contract. He said Maradona was asking for a 
> ``ridiculous sum with vague guarantees and no consideration for the
> damage the club has suffered.''
> 	Maradona called Ferlaino ``a man without a heart'' and told the
> Italian news agency Ansa he would stay in his hometown of Buenos Aires
> for the time being.
> 	Reuters had reported Friday that it seemed likely Napoli would agree
> to some of Maradona's other demands, including a request for an island
> villa with round-the-clock protection, the right to train alone and to
> choose which games the midfielder would play.
> 	Maradona, 31, was suspended by the Italian Soccer Federation after
> testing positive for cocaine following a match in March 1991. The
> suspension was recognized by FIFA, world soccer's governing body, which
> barred Maradona from playing for any team or league under FIFA's
> jurisdiction.
> 	Maradona starred for Argentina when that country won the 1986 World
> Cup in Mexico, and was a key member of the team that reached the 1990
> World Cup final before losing to Germany. The midfielder has been a
> member of Napoli since 1984.


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