Diego Maradona will be offered a new four-year contract to stay on as Argentina coach, the Argentinian Football Association has announced.


AFA president Julio Grondona will meet with Maradona next week to offer him the chance to guide his nation to the Brazil 2014 World Cup after the AFA executive committee determined he remains the right man to command the national team after a respectable showing at the World Cup in South Africa.

Maradona had little coaching experience before taking Argentina on a roller-coaster ride to World Cup qualification. Few gave him any chance of turning his undoubtedly high-quality squad into World Cup contenders but they impressed on their way to the quarter-finals before being humbled 4-0 by Germany.

Grondona intends to meet with Maradona no later than next Wednesday to discuss the contract extension. Maradona said after his side's exit that he would consult his family and the Argentina players before deciding whether he intended to stay on.

Hmmmmm
Does he have what it takes to turn a team around and get good results?

He had the best players in the world at his disposal at South Africa 2010 yet he got disgraced by a young and inexperienced German side.

they're so obsessed with him.

he is just a legend and not a coach but it is obvious argentina cannot differentiate between the two.
on the other hand, maradonna is more of a terrorist so if they take the job away from him, he will start disturbing the country again so they just want to compensate him with that position.
amodu is a bad coach but if he handles argentina team, he will do far more better than maradonna.

Argentinians have a pride I've never encountered elsewhere; where people with their heads on straight would be weary of having an egotistical crackhead as a coach, Argentina takes pride his infamy. I'm sure boxy suits, mullets, two watches and a rosary will help Maradona succeed with a team full of incomparable talent next time. . .even though he choked this past WC.

chidichris:

he is just a legend and not a coach but it is obvious argentina cannot differentiate between the two.
on the other hand, maradonna is more of a terrorist so if they take the job away from him, he will start disturbing the country again so they just want to compensate him with that position.
amodu is a bad coach but if he handles argentina team, he will do far more better than maradonna.

U cannot compare Amodu with Maradona now, haba!
Amodu is thousands of miles better