Hugh Woozencroft is joined by Jonathan Northcroft and Matt Dickinson to pay tribute to Diego Maradona, who died on Wednesday at the age of 60. An infamous World Cup winner in 1986, who inspired Napoli to become a double title-winners against all the odds before publicly struggling with his demons off the pitch - we celebrate The Golden Kid.
We also get the mood in South America with The Times’ Latin America Correspondent, Stephen Gibbs and in Naples, with the Times’ Italy Correspondent, Tom Kington.
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Klopp's kids triumph and dealing with mardy managers
George Elokobi: "We dance one more time."
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Arsenal for the title? Spurs for fourth? But what is Scott McTominay?
Sin bin's and the celebration police
Gunners fire, Liverpool stall. United hope, Chelsea despair
Defying expectations: Luton, Eze, Tevez and Bradley
Liverpool’s next manager, Maidstone’s current manager and the Rashford mystery
League Cup repeat, transfer troubles and Beyonce make Spurs rich
Toney is back, Arsenal bounce back, VAR back again and Liverpool back to the front.
Points deductions, Toney's point to prove and what's the point of José Mourinho?
Ratcliffe's game plan, Reading's misery and unnerving pressbox encounters
Poch pressure and what next for Mbappe, Werner and Sancho
Gunners misfire, replay rows and free pints
Rooney blues and the winners and losers of Christmas
Christmas crackers and end of year awards
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