Diego Maradona's former doctor has revealed the footballing legend tried to commit suicide in the past

Diego Maradona 's former doctor has dropped a bombshell revelation regarding the footballing legend's health.

Maradona, 60, passed away last month after suffering a heart attack just weeks after undergoing brain surgery.

But Dr Alfredo Cahe now claims the Barcelona and Napoli hero may have stopped eating and taking his medication after falling into depression just before his death.

"This just does not seem like a simple heart attack to me," he told an Argentine radio station on Sunday.

Cahe treated Maradona between 1977 and 2007 - and admits the footballer tried to commit suicide in Cuba in the past.

He claims in a conversation with Maradona afterwards, he asked him if he wanted to commit suicide, and said Maradona replied: "Maybe someday, what do I know?"

Since Maradona's death, doctors and nurses have been accused of negligence. Police have raided homes of attorneys and friends as they look to back up those claims.

"Diego was tired," Dr Cahe continued. "All of these events were the consequence of suicide. "For me there was negligence, recklessness and inexperience, all three.

"In the clinic I did not see him with a total monitoring and I did not see him care with a constant and continuous nursing plan.

"He was not taken care of properly. He should have remained hospitalized, not in a house that was not prepared [for him]."

Maradona's final doctor, Dr Luque, has been accused of partial responsibility for Maradona's death since his passing.

"If I'm responsible for anything when it comes to Diego, it was loving him, caring for him, improving his life to the end and extending it," he said recently.

Health experts say the cocktail of drugs could have put stress on Maradona's heart before his death.

His heart failure caused a pulmonary edema, according to an initial post-mortem.

Source: https://www.dailystar.co.uk/sport/football/diego-maradona-suicide-death-doctor-23200598

Thomas Tuchel is already making transfer plans at Chelsea, with five stars set to leave and a new big-money defender his top target. 

TUCHEL WANTS UPAMECANO AT CHELSEA

Thomas Tuchel has wasted little time in planning for the future and getting the Blues upwardly mobile.

He plans to form a new central defensive partnership at Stamford Bridge, according to reports.

Top of his list of targets is RB Leipzig defender Dayot Upamecano. The towering French defender can leave the Bundesliga side for £42m this summer due to a clause in his contract.

Upamecano is wanted by the likes of Bayern Munich, Liverpool and Manchester United.

As per SportBild, Tuchel’s appointment at Stamford Bridge gives Chelsea a very real chance of landing the defender.

They claim Tuchel had Upamecano on his list of targets while at PSG. Furthermore, Chelsea now have ‘very good cards’ in the poker battle for Upamecano’s signature.

Tuchel also speaks fluent French, which should help Upamecano’s potential integration at Stamford Bridge.

Pairing up with Upamecano in defence will be Antonio Rudiger. He’s been named as one of five stars who could benefit from Tuchel’s appointment.

The German found himself way down Lampard’s pecking order and he was close to leaving in the summer.

However, the £30m signing from Roma in 2017 has already been assured of his Chelsea future by Tuchel. As per Sky Germany, Tuchel and Rudiger “have had contact over and over again in recent months” even before it was clear they would work together at Chelsea.

Thiago Silva and Christensen to leave

A Rudiger-Upamecano axis would leave question marks over Andreas Christensen and Thiago Silva. Both could move on this summer. It is anticipated though that Kurt Zouma will be kept on.

Reports in Spain, meanwhile, claim Tuchel’s first piece of business will be to grant the loan exit of Billy Gilmour. Todofijaches report there are no shortage of admirers for the Scottish midfielder.

They claim Tuchel is a huge fan of Jorginho and is set to make him the heartbeat of the Blues midfield.

That could leave question marks hanging over N’Golo Kante.

As such, they reckon his sale will be sanctioned by Tuchel this summer if the price is right. Long-term suitors Real Madrid are, predictably, waiting in the wings.

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