According to Luque, Maradona has felt unwell for some time and will be hospitalized for observation for at least three days at the Ipensa Clinic just outside Buenos Aires.
But his health problems should not be related to covid-19, but about depression.
- He does not feel well mentally, and affects his physical well-being.
He's not feeling as well as I would like him to and he can do.
He needs help and it's time to help him.
Diego is a person who sometimes feels great, but sometimes not as well.
He could feel 10,000 times better and taking him here helps him feel better.
It's not easy to be Maradona, says Leopoldo Luque in The Guardian.
Coaches local club
Diego Armando Maradona is for many the world's best football player of all time, and led Argentina to World Cup gold in 1986 and World Cup silver in 1990.
On Friday, he turned 60 and gave the media a wish list where he wrote, among other things:
"I want to score another goal against England, this time with my right hand."
Maradona has recently coached the Argentine club Gimnasia y Esgrima.