TWO BUBBLE CUTS

Jorge Horacio Cyterszpiler died at 58 years old on May 7th. He was the power behind Diego Maradonna as his agent and manager. Jorge grew up in the shadow of the Argentinos Junior Club. He contracted polio as a child and developed a limp and was adopted by the club as a mascot.

Juan his older brother played for the club but died of a blood haemorrhage having been kicked in the groin during a match. Jorge became depressed but recovered after hearing about the talents of a young footballer who had joined the local youth team, Los Cebollitas-the little onions!

Diego Maradonna was small but very talented and he used to appear on the pitch at half time to entertain the crowd with his skills. Jorge adopted Diego and recognised that they both needed some luck in life. Diego was rescued from the favelas and Jorge had a "project". Diego played truant from school but Jorge worked hard, got an Economics degree and worked at the club's office. Diego, known as the Golden Rascal, made his debut at 15 years old and Jorge became his agent despite his only training in this career being reading about Mark McCormack, who pioneered the job of sports' agents.

One of Cyterszpiler's early opportunities when Maradonna was a teenager, was a failed transfer to Sheffield United, but by Diego's 21st birthday Jorge had secured money and property for his client. One deal with Coca-Cola was boosted by Jorge spreading a rumour that Barcelona were making a bid for Diego. This was not true but it raised the stakes and eventually Maradonna did sign for the Catalan club in 1982 for £5 million.

Whilst in Spain, Maradonna fell out with the Barcelona staff and board as he developed bad habits. Argentinan international manager Cesar Menotti was appointed to Barcelona and he changed training to afternoons to accommodate Maradonna's hang overs and he also tried to arrange a friendly match against Monaco, knowing that Diego fancied Princess Caroline!

Money issues were not far away as a project to run a bingo hall in Paraguay became a bad investment and a failed film on Diego's life collapsed. Another move had to be negotiated to cover losses, so a move to Napoli was instigated for a World record fee of £6.9 million. With |the new signiing, they won the league, the first title from the south of Italy.
Favoured by the Agnelli family who owned Fiat and Juventus, Maradonna was given a rare Ferrari Testarossa. Needless to say the Neapolitan Mafia had a word with Jorge about financial dealings, as all copyright on Maradonna's merchandise was stopped, Diego split from his long term girlfriend and Jorge was fired. Jorge took that on the chin and continued to work in Argentinan football, organising tournaments and as a agent for players including Man City's Martin Demichelis.

Having been depressed again and splitting from his wife, he jumped from a 7th floor hotel window whilst his therapist was out of the room.