Diego’s inheritance – La Tercera

Maradona will never forget it. It is a certainty that it does not accept discussions. It will always remind you. And in each memory, emotions will sprout. However, with Diego already a myth, as the days go by, some stories around him will be defined generating immense noise. It is not only necessary to clarify the details of his death, in an investigation that has not yet been closed, with testimonies that little by little are becoming known. Also very soon will be a recurring theme his legacy, his heritage. Beyond those fantastic tales with the ball, What does Diego leave? What family and what fortune does the 10 leave?

The genius of world football rests in the Bella Vista cemetery with father Don Diego Maradona and mother Doña Tota, as Dalma Salvadora Franco is known. He missed them so much the last time that there are the reasons for his final depressive picture.

There are still hours of tears, of pain. The posts on social networks by Dalma and Diego Jr, two of the 10’s five children, were moving. However, days of tension are coming in that Maradona family that has just lost the axis on which they all revolved. The five sisters (Ana María, Rita, Elsa, María Rosa and Claudia) and the two brothers (Raúl and Lalo) will watch much more than they decide. They will observe from the outside the multiple judicial fights that will take place.

Although no one can specify the amount, it is estimated that Maradona in his career would have bagged about 500 million dollars. Much more difficult is to calculate the figure of the inheritance, which would range between 70 and 100 million US bills.

What and how much will Dalma (she will be a mother soon) and Gianinna (she gave him a grandson, Benjamín, whose father is Sergio Agüero), the daughters he had with Claudia Villafañe, his first wife? What will correspond to Dieguito Fernando, the son who was born to his partner with Verónica Ojeda? And Diego Jr, the Italian heir to his romance with Cristiana Sinagra, who also made him happy with a grandson, Diego Matías? And Jana, the daughter you recognized a while ago, after several years of a fleeting relationship with Valeria Sabalain?

Not everything ends there. It will be necessary to see if it is verified in the Justice that the champion of Mexico 86 was also the father of three other children, all Cubans, the product of encounters with two women born in Fidel’s country during his stay on the island between 2000 and 2005 .

An unstoppable machine to generate money and business was Maradona throughout his entire career. Under his name are multiple properties in Buenos Aires. One is the house located on the corners of Segurola and Havana, in Villa Devoto, famous since in his last time in Boca he quoted through the media to fight a footballer from Colón (Julio Toresani, also deceased) with whom he had crossed paths at the party. There, in that same neighborhood, he also has one of many departments. Another is located in the exclusive area of ​​Puerto Madero. Will all of her sisters still live in her house in Nordelta? Will Rocío Oliva, the last of his wives, continue in the house that Diego gave her to live with her family?

The 10 automotive fleet includes four vehicles purchased in Argentina. Of course, the most expensive are two other cars. These are a € 300,000 Rolls Royce and a € 150,000 BMW i8, a pair of jewels on wheels that they gave him in Dubai when he was coach of Fujairah FC.

As Maradona’s life has always been an excess, his heritage is no exception. In his passage through exotic destinations, he was able to accumulate exclusive gifts for characters like him. Being honorary president of the Dynamo Brest of Belarus brought him closer to millionaires who honored him with a ring of diamonds valued at 300 thousand euros and even with an amphibious tank, a Hunta Overcomer suitable to float in water, which weighs almost two and a half tons. with capacity for seven people.

Diego had contracts signed with Gimnasia (insurance expires; will they renegotiate another for the use of his image?), With the sports brand Puma and with both Konami and EA Sports for the use of his figure in video games. More? More: soccer schools in China with your name, some investments in Cuba (a hotel for example) and other businesses in Italy.

Surely there is much more that is part of the patrimony of 10. Although he dedicated himself to enjoying life without limits, to pure excess and wasting millions and more millions, it is also true that Maradona never stopped billing with many zeros. And that ability to generate resources with absolute ease can be sustained if the family knows how to handle itself and continue to exploit the image of a phenomenon that will continue to interest brands forever.

What would have happened if Maradona divided his fortune? Who would have been favored and who would have suffered? Impossible to know with a Diego always hyper-changing and much more in his last time of life traveled as if he were permanently in an emotional seesaw, surrounded by influences that did not close, far from his true loves, in a state of conflict every day. Or is it not remembered the row on November 10 of last year, in the middle of the judicial war with his family, when he exploded on social networks with the promise of donating all his assets? In any case, it could not have carried it out because the law insures forced heirs two-thirds of the assets.

The only certainty is that Maradona is gone. Nothing can decide. Unless you have established a will without anyone knowing it in advance, although in that eventual case there will also be room for the story to go through the Justice before different claims.

There will be no way around it. There is a battle for the 10 million that will break out in full force at any moment. It’s just a matter of waiting. It’s just a matter of waiting for emotions to take a back seat. Diego leaves a family, but also a fortune. There you will see who is who.