Real Madrid honorary president Alfredo Di Stefano, who turns 87 in July, is set to marry a 36-year-old woman who helped him prepare a book about his life that was released in 2010. Di Stefano, who has battled about as many health problems as you would expect of a man well into his 80s, says his "sense of humor" won her over.
Considered one of the greatest players of all time, Argentina-born Di Stefano said he was getting married to the 36-year-old Gina Gonzalez in the next few weeks "because I want to and I have been a widower for eight years".
"Each madman to their own," he was quoted as saying in Saturday's edition of El Mundo newspaper.
"I am in love and I am marrying Gina," he added. "I am 86 but I have a young heart."
