El Diego: THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY

'This is an operatically emotional book, and also an exceptionally vivid one' - Martin Amis, The Guardian

Diego Maradona: hero or villain? One of the world's greatest footballers tells his story in his own words.

One thing is certain: he was the greatest footballer of his generation - and perhaps of all time. A poor boy from a Buenos Aires shanty-town, his genius with a ball took him to the heights of European and world football, and his struggle with the pressures of life inside and outside the game pulled him right back down again.