Maradona loves Ahmadinejad...

Nice to see an intelligent, discerning football player...

Diego Armando Maradona presented his number 10 Argentina shirt to Iranian president Mahmud Ahmadinejad. The gift was delivered through the Buenos Aires Iranian ambassador who had previously extended to Maradona a formal invitation to visit the Islamic republic. Last month the 'Pibe de Oro' had expressed his "wholehearted" solidarity for the Iranian people and mentioned that he wished to meet Ahmadinejad in person, much as he has already done with Hugo Chavez and with Fidel Castro, who is now a good friend of his.

As regards Ahmadinejad, Maradona said that "He is a man of value who fights for his people and for justice".