The stays of Diego Maradona are to be reburied in a brand new location after the plans had been authorized by a courtroom in Argentina.
It comes after the soccer legend was laid to relaxation in a non-public cemetery following his dying in November 2020.
Nevertheless, the star’s youngsters introduced final yr they needed to maneuver Maradona’s stays to a public mausoleum in order that followers may pay their respects in particular person.
A courtroom in San Isidro, within the outskirts of Buenos Aires, authorised the proposals at a listening to on Wednesday for “humanitarian and emotional reasons”.
The courtroom added that Maradona’s 5 youngsters ought to resolve when the removing would occur.
Maradona’s stays are at present buried on the Jardin de Bella Vista cemetery, which is about 31 miles northwest of the capital.
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1000’s of individuals lined the streets to pay their respects to Maradona following his dying in 2020. Pic: Reuters
Underneath the plans, the star’s physique can be moved to a brand new mausoleum named the M10 Memorial in Buenos Aires’s upscale neighbourhood of Puerto Madero.
The location is at present below development.
Dalma Maradona, one of many star’s daughters, mentioned: “We always knew that his place was with people but we also understood that all the security guarantees were a priority.
“What we would like is for many who love him to have the ability to go and present him their love, go away him some daisies.”
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Maradona in 2009. Pic: AP
The star, who helped win the World Cup for his nation in 1986 and led Napoli to Italy’s league title in 1987, died on the age of 60.
Eight individuals, together with medical doctors and nurses, are as a result of stand trial for his or her alleged duty in his dying from coronary heart failure.
