Diego Maradona's children seek court approval to move his body to mausoleum in Buenos Aires

Children of the late football Diego Maradona have asked a court in Argentina to authorise the transfer of his body from the private cemetery where he is buried to a mausoleum under construction in Buenos Aires to allow fans from around the world to pay tribute to him.

They made the request to a court in San Isidro in a letter quoted on Thursday by local media in which they indicated that it comes from “all the heirs” of the star, who died in 2020.

The mausoleum called ‘Memorial del Diez’ is “a much safer place than the current one, so that all the Argentine people and citizens of the world can pay tribute to who was the greatest Argentine idol,” read the letter.