Guillermo Coppola, who was Diego Armando Maradona‘s agent for 18 years, said in an interview with ‘La Gazzetta dello Sport’ that “Maradona? Everything between us… except sex. I would have liked to die in his place”.
Maradona was a genius. Ecstasy and torment. The god of football, but also of entertainment
Coppola, who left the 100 footballers he represented to dedicate himself exclusively to Maradona, told Filippo Conticello that “I am The Agent, like the title of the television series. The man who made this activity a profession in my country”.
“I am an imperfect man, a lover of beauty. I have had my ups and downs, like many others, and a unique privilege: I have shared part of my life with the greatest,” he shared.
Who was Maradona according to his agent Guillermo Coppola?
Guillermo Coppola tried to explain who Diego Armando Maradona really was. “He was a genius. Ecstasy and torment. The god of football, but also of entertainment. We must return to Naples, the most beautiful city in the world, because it is she who explains Maradona. An entire nation bowed down because Diego transcended the ball. At one time, Di Stefano was the greatest, at another, Pele, today it is still Messi, but Diego was unique and different in every way. John Paul II once told him: ‘You are more famous than me…’,” he said.
Guillermo Coppola: “Maradona and I were a real couple, and the only thing we lacked was sex”
Conticello reminded Coppola that he once said “Maradona and I were a real couple, and the only thing we lacked was sex”.
We broke up abruptly and met again after the 1994 World Cup
“From 1985 to 1990, our relationship was purely professional, full of success. Then we parted abruptly and met again after the World Cup in 1994. From then on, everything changed: a romantic relationship was born, a need to be together. An almost physical love. We kissed, we hugged, we shared everything, space and air. The only thing we lacked was sex, it is true, but if it had happened, I would admit it without hesitation,” explained the 76-year-old agent.
There was a time when I became Maradona’s main enemy; he said that I had stolen money from his daughters. And what did I do? I turned myself in; there was nothing missing, not a single dollar
About their disagreements, he revealed that “To reconnect, Diego himself said: ‘Coppola was the rest of my heart, my father, my brother, my friend’. His most beautiful phrase was ‘You are the ball of my life’, because everyone knows how much he loved the ball. However, there was a time when I became his main enemy; he said that I had stolen money from his daughters. And what did I do in the face of these accusations? I turned myself in; there was nothing missing, not a single dollar.”
Guillermo Coppola, Maradona’s agent, remembers his 97 days in prison
Guillermo Coppola also spoke about the 97 days he had to spend in prison for drug trafficking: “I was unjustly imprisoned by a judge and policemen who later ended up in prison. I ended up in prison for no reason, on unfounded charges of drug trafficking. During that time, Diego and his family were my bastion; they never left me alone.”
The happiest moments in Maradona’s life, according to his agent Coppola
Maradona’s popular agent is clear about the moment when he saw Diego Armando happiest: “When he had his round toy at his side, whether in the mud or in the World Cup final. Diego was happy, although anxious: he was happy when he married Claudia, when his daughters were born, when he discovered Naples. And when, five months before Mexico 86, he told me: ‘Guillote, we will win and I will be the best’.”
Coppola: “Maradona could have died in 2000 after three days of excess”
The saddest was “in the early 2000s in Punta del Este, when he was at risk of dying after days of excess. He had an addiction, but also the strength to fight it and always be reborn.”
Regarding Maradona’s best footballing moment, his former agent said: “Everyone might think of ’86, which made him eternal, but I would say that instead it was the following season, when he won Napoli’s first Scudetto. And then the wild and carefree Diego of the beginnings, the one of Argentinos Juniors where the legend was born.”
Guillermo Coppola: “Was Maradona murdered? I have no evidence to answer.
Guillermo Coppola did not want to answer the question of whether “Maradona was murdered”.
“I have no evidence to answer. I was not with him and I cannot accuse anyone. Justice will decide if more could have been done to save him. I only know that he died in the saddest and loneliest way,” was his response.
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