Diego Armando Maradona

will continue to be hospitalized for several more days in the Olivos sanatorium, north of Buenos Aires, where on Tuesday he underwent surgery for a brain hematoma.

Leopoldo Luque

, one of his doctors, confirmed that Diego has suffered "episodes of confusion" associated with a "withdrawal condition."

"In line with therapy doctors, we believe that we must do a treatment for abstinence," said Luque, without specifying the origin of this syndrome.

During his meeting with journalists on Thursday night, Luque announced that his patient "agrees" with the diagnosis.

Maradona, 60, maintains that he does not use cocaine, although sources in his inner circle have admitted he is addicted to alcohol.

"Diego is very well. The tomography has gone well. We were even dancing. Yes, we danced," said Luque, who had already described Maradona's evolution as "excellent."

"We are very happy, he can walk, he talks to me, it is much clearer. He does not suffer from any neurological compromise," the doctor evaluated at noon on Thursday.

Cahe, worried

Mardona's problems worsened last Friday, his birthday, when he had to leave the gymnastics bench during his match against Patronato (3-0).

On Monday he was hospitalized in La Plata and the next day he was transferred to the Olivos clinic, where he was operated on for a subdural hematoma.

"I see Diego with concern. You have to evaluate everything he has, not just the hematoma. It comes from this, he will have no sequelae. He is supposed to be rehabilitated, but he will have to change his philosophy of life a bit," warned

Alfredo Cahe

, Maradona's personal physician between 1977 and 2007.

Since the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic, the '10' had been confined to his home for being a risk patient, with a history of addictions and heart ailments.

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