Lionel Messi’s international retirement was all a ploy, claims Diego Maradona
Argentina legend casts doubts on five-time Ballon d'or winner's change of mind and believes it was a PR stunt
DIEGO MARADONA has controversially hinted that he believes Lionel Messi’s international retirement was a ploy to help the public forget Argentina’s failings.
The Barcelona star announced he would no longer be available for selection following La Albiceleste’s Copa America final defeat against Chile in June.
Lionel Messi quit the Argentina team after suffering defeat in the Copa America final
Maradona said: “I do not know if Messi’s retirement was a set-up to help us forget about the fact that we lost three finals in a row.
ツ SECRETS OF NBA All-Star Dwyane Wade Rents Mansion ツ
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Dwyane Wade, the NBA All-Star who’s returning to his hometown of Chicago to play basketball for the Bulls, is renting a Gold Coast mansion that was featured in the 1980s TV sitcom “Webster,” Crain’s Chicago Business reports.
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The 9,000-square-foot main house, which was on the market this year for $9.5 million, has seven bedrooms, 6.5 bathrooms, and 10-foot ceilings. Built in 1883, the Queen Anne–style mansion received the 2015 Gold Coast House Beautiful Award.
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The home features a front entry with beveled-glass windows and hardwood floors, and a white kitchen with stainless-steel appliances and marble counters. An attached coach house serves as a 1,250-square-foot apartment. |NBA All-Star Dwyane |
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The 12-time All-Star, one of the National Basketball Association’s most popular players, signed with the Bulls in July after a 13-year stint with the Miami Heat, with whom he won three NBA championships. Off the court, he married actress Gabrielle Union in August 2014. |NBA All-Star Dwyane |
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The guard grew up on the city’s South Side and has reportedly owned other homes in Chicago. They include a townhouse he bought in 2009 for $1.4 million and sold in 2014 for $1.7 million, and a seven-bedroom house that went to his ex-wife in a 2007 divorce and sold recently for $300,000, a quarter of its original $1.2 million asking price. |NBA All-Star Dwyane |