Mauricio Pochettino did not lose his man often as a player but one managed to ghost 250 miles away on his watch.
The Tottenham boss, who pits his wits against Antonio Conte at Wembley on Sunday, has lifted the lid on his relationship with Diego Maradona.
And that includes the Argentina legend sneaking out of a coastal hotel room they shared while at Newell’s Old Boys to fire an air rifle at journalists back in 1994.
The incident came just months before Maradona was shamed at the World Cup but Pochettino, only 21 when he started rooming with his idol, still reveres him.