Diego Maradona embraces his Italian “baby brother” and wife Claudia at the height of his fame. Our exclusive picture shows the soccer legend with Massimo Vignati, part of the local family which took in Maradona when he was playing in Naples.
Massimo and Maradona became inseparable when the star employed his mum Lucia as his housekeeper and cook. Diego called Lucia “mamma” and Massimo’s entire family worked with or for him, including his late father Saverio, hired at Napoli’s Stadium San Paolo for 35 years.
His sister was the babysitter for Maradona’s kids and his cousin was the star’s cleaner. Massimo, 46, who runs a Maradona museum at his house in Naples, said: “He moved here when I was 10 and left when I was 17. “He taught me so many
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