Napoli on Wednesday bid farewell to Diego Maradona, who won the hearts of the southern Italian city of Naples by leading the club to its only two league titles in 1987 and 1990. "Always in our hearts. Ciao Diego," the club tweeted alongside a blue heart emoji shortly after the news broke that the Argentine had died of a heart attack aged 60. "Everyone is waiting for our words," the club said in a second post with a photograph of the Argentine in the club's blue jersey.

"But what words can we use for pain like the one we are experiencing? Now is the time for tears. Then there will be the time for words." As a sign of mourning, Napoli changed the blue background colour of its club logo on their social media accounts to black. Maradona spent seven years at then-unfashionable Napoli between 1984 and 1991, during which he also lifted the 1989 UEFA Cup, Napoli's only European trophy.