Argentine football legend Diego Maradona has turned to a German biomolecular scientist in his latest bid to shed excess weight. The ex-Boca Juniors, Barcelona and Napoli star has long struggled with his waistline and in the past has undergone gastric band surgery to beat the problem. But after appearing in less-than-ideal shape in recent television appearances, Maradona is now working with the renowned Dr. Ruben Muhlberger, and in his first week of treatment has already lost five kilos. ‘I have made a commitment to him and he has done the same to me, Maradona will be his old self again very soon,’ the medic explained to Infobae. The treatment Diego is using originated in Germany, and uses principles from biomolecular, metabolic and regenerative medicine, as well as using blood and telemetric data. It does not include any specific diet - ‘You can not talk about a nutritional plan with Maradona, because he is a disciplined guy. He is not greedy, he has a sportsman’s habits’ - and the goal is to reactivate the patient’s basic genetic material. Muhlberger added that Diego would carry out the therapy four or five hours a day for the next two months. ‘That is the time genes need to resume normal functions,’ he said. ‘By that time Maradona will be slim again, he will be running like a greyhound.’