It seems that, following the fact that Jose Pekerman quit on coaching Argentina, the next coach will be none other then legend Maradona.

What worries Grondona [- Argentine Football Association (AFA) president], no doubt, is where to find the right guiding hand for the team with no obvious candidates at home and those who have worked abroad, like Carlos Bianchi or Hector Cuper, not fitting the bill.

Maradona, icon of a golden age for Argentine football, has often been touted and has tried to get himself invited into the national team set-up, the last time as recently as last October.

Grondona and Pekerman have said they would welcome Argentina’s greatest player with open arms but the volatility of the man and his poor, short-lived coaching experience with a club side a decade back make Maradona a risky choice.

It should surprise no-one, however, if Maradona is picked for the powers of motivation and inspiration that helped him fire up the Argentina teams he led.

Maradona might also be prepared to put more faith in Argentina’s natural attacking and ball-playing instincts.

He himself was left out of the squad that Cesar Luis Menotti steered to the world crown on home soil in 1978, while Daniel Passarella did not release the talent of Marcelo Gallardo or even pick Claudio Caniggia in 1998.

Marcelo Bielsa picked an ageing Caniggia in 2002 when he could have taken the young Javier Saviola while Pekerman thought on Friday that neither Messi nor even Saviola could be a match-winner in Berlin.

Source: WCoffsite