I wouldn't call my mom a football fan, she knows who Maradona is and watched some of his games with my grandfather when the World cup would roll around. My dad is not a football fan at all, again knows Maradona but I know for a fact that he'd rather sleep than watch a World cup final, especially before me and my brother were born, both are mad for the game.
Both were kinda indifferent about the guy, I made them watch his documentary with me, as I believe it's a brilliant documentary, football or not. Both were bawling their eyes out by the end. The man lived an incredible life and in a different era, he has a much more stable life with an entourage that protects him, but in the same time, all the vulnerabilities on air is what made him so relatable, so loved and adored.
I am watching more and more older games and videos from his time, the more I watch him, the more I am convinced, he's the best bar none. Put him in today's era, with better coaching, better protection on and off the pitch and better lifestyle choices and he'd be producing Messi like numbers easily and I love Messi. I doubt Messi or Ronaldo would hack it back in the 80s, only one I believe who would come close to Maradona is Brazilian Ronaldo if it wasn't for the three ACL injuries.