Maradona declines comeback offer

Excursionistas expressed an interest in signing Maradona after he said in a television interview he was considering playing low-level football.

On Tuesday Maradona said: "I'm 45, so I'm not thinking about playing football nor committing myself to anybody.

"I won't be having any discussions with Excursionistas. I don't know them but I thank them for taking me into account."

When they heard Maradona's initial suggestion that he was considering a return to action, Excursionistas president Armando Mainoli said: "We want to include Maradona on the official roster.

"We know there is some time yet to do it (clubs must hand in the squad list by 3 February) and we'd be really proud to see Diego wearing our shirt."

Excursionistas start the final stage of the Apertura campaign against Lamadrid on 4 February and have nine matches before the season wraps up.

Maradona's last match was for Boca Juniors on 25 October, 1997 when they beat rivals River Plate 2-1.

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