Maradona's lawyer: The legend is leaving the hospital today
Diego Maradona's lawyer told reporters that the Argentine soccer legend will be discharged from hospital on Wednesday and transferred to a rehabilitation center for alcohol addiction treatment.
The former Napoli and Boca Juniors player underwent emergency surgery last Tuesday to treat a blood clot on the brain.
He was in hospital for longer than expected due to withdrawal symptoms due to his sudden alcohol withdrawal.
But lawyer Matthias Morla said that the 60-year-old coach of Jimnasia e Esgrima will leave the hospital and go directly to a rehabilitation center where only a limited number of close friends will be allowed to visit him.
"Diego wants to undergo rehabilitation and is due to leave the hospital today," Morla told reporters outside the hospital.
"The good thing is that Diego is so tough."
Maradona's hospitalization was the latest in a series of health problems for the controversial star who won the World Cup with Argentina in 1986 and is one of the best players of all time.
"Diego probably went through the most difficult moment in his life and I think this brain hemorrhage was miraculous because it would have cost him his life," Morla said.
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