MUMBAI: Here’s some good news for the loyal fans of Diego Maradona.

His doctor said that he underwent successful brain surgery for a blood clot in a specialist private clinic in Buenos Aires on Tuesday.

"We managed to successfully remove the clot. Diego coped well with the surgery," Leopoldo Luque said at the icon's private clinic in the capital Buenos Aires.

He added, "It's under control, there's a little drainage (of blood). He'll remain under observation."

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Maradona had been taken to hospital in La Plata -- where he is the coach of top flight side Gimnasia y Esgrima -- on Monday for a series of tests after feeling unwell.

According to the media reports, a scan revealed the blood clot, and on Tuesday he was transfered to the specialist clinic in a northern neighborhood of the capital.

We wish him a speedy recovery.

Diego Maradona is widely regarded as one of the greatest football players of all time.

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CREDITS: NDTV