Diego Maradona has accepted an ambassador role for the Chinese Super League. The Argentina and world football legend announced his agreement with a post on his social media account.

Maradona, acknowledged by many football pundits and fans as the greatest football player of all time, posted on his Instagram account his gratitude for having been given such a role.

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"Thank you very much Ms. Tang Qinghui for this opportunity you are giving me to work in China, I will be eternally grateful!" Maradona wrote with a picture of him and Tang holding a Chinese flag in front of an image of the Argentinian lifting the 1986 World Cup trophy.

The 56-year-old former Barcelona, Napoli, and Sevilla striker wrote his message in English, Italian, and Spanish to express his appreciation to a wider audience. Tang is Maradona's spokesperson in China.

Maradona's lawyer, Matias Morla, has verified the new CSL role for the football great. The agreement came after Maradona announced that he will be "working with FIFA to achieve a clean and transparent organization to govern international football", SBS reported.

According to Morla, Maradona's job also includes training and guiding players at the grassroots level as well as in the overall "development of the game" in the country, as per the Mirror. "The same people who took Carlos Tevez to China are very interested in having Diego and we already gave the OK and the meetings are more than advanced," Morla said before the deal was sealed.

"Diego would be in charge of teaching children in the different schools, it is a very important project and that without doubt could mark a before and after in a power like China," the agent said. "Maradona is excited about that possibility but there are steps to follow."

Maradona played for Argentina for 17 years from 1977 to 1994. He had won two Serie A titles with Napoli during the 1986-87 and 1989-90 seasons and was named Argentine Football Writers' Footballer of the Year four times in 1979, 1980, 1981, and 1986. 

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