Diego
Maradona has expressed his disappointment, over not being considered by the
media as a candidate for the Argentina job.
The
Argentina Football Association (AFA) have chosen Lionel Scaloni and Pablo
Aimar, as the coaches to guide the national team for next month’s friendlies
against Guatemala and Colombia.
However, the
search is still on for a permanent replacement for Jorge Sampaoli, who was
sacked after the 2018 World Cup.
Tottenham’s
Mauricio Pochettino, Atletico Madrid’s Diego Simeone, River Plate’s Marcelo
Gallardo, Jose Pekerman, whose contract with Colombia expires this month, and
Peru’s World Cup coach Ricardo Gareca have all been linked to the position in
recent weeks.
Maradona,
who last month said he would return to guide Argentina for free, wrote in an
Instagram post on Tuesday: “Regarding the Argentina national team, I want to
say that it really bothers me that some journalists do not include me among the
possible coaches. For example, while I was having a [dental] operation, I
listened to [Argentinian sports journalist Diego] Chavo Fucks and he did not
even name me among the possible candidates. I remember his beginnings, when I
was still playing, and it seems that now he now does not value me.
“And I
lament that some Argentinian newspapers don’t take me into account but do speak
of former national team coaches, yet not about me.
“But hey,
this is the sports journalism that we Argentinians have.”
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