Buenos Aires, Jan 8: Argentine football legend Diego Maradona has defended compatriot Carlos Tevez's big money transfer to China's Shanghai Shenhua from Boca Juniors.
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According to Maradona, Tevez "did what he had to do" by going to China and "did not defraud anybody", reports Xinhua news agency.
"He simply offered an amazing offer and he has nothing to feel bad about," added the Mexico 1986 World Cup champion. "Riquelme and Maradona would have done the same."
Tevez, 32, is now the highest paid player in the world after the China deal.
Maradona admitted that Boca Juniors would suffer as "Tevez is irreplaceable".
"There is no player to be bought to replace him. Many are spoken of but nobody is in his class," said the legend.
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