Is Maradona the right choice for Argentina?
Yesterday Maradona has been appointed as the new coach of Argentina.
The Argentine football legend will be anounced as the new coach only Thursday 30 Oct when he will turn 48 years old. Maradona did not choose his coach stuff yet but he declared that will spoke with Checho Batista and with Tata Brown about it. He will be asisted by Carlos Bilardo but insisted that he is the only one that makes the team.
The contract ends in 2010 just after World Cup but it will be automatically extended if he will have results.
Maradona doesn’t have too much coaching experience and the bad voices already accused the Argentinean Federation for the decision of appointing him as a coach. Anyway there are other big teams that also assumed same risk and finnaly proved to be a good choice. Some examples of “unexperienced” coaches that obtain good results are Dunga, Klinsman, Bilic and there are lot more.
Another issue might be his relation with Messi, knowing the fact that Maradona is not realy a fan of him and probably will favorite his “son in law” Aguero. This could create an arguement between players and would ruin the atmosphere, definitely not what everyone expects to happen.
It remains to be seen if he will succeed to transmit his strength and mentality to his players.
In my opinion, if he is given neccesary time and faith Maradona will succeed in building a team capable of winning the World Cup, and I would bet on it.
Would Villa agree a move to Manchester City?
David Villa is the first name on Manchester City transfer list.
The Spanish superstar has been closelly watched by City‘s scouts in the past weeks.
Villa could cost Manchester City £ 40 millions but this would not be a problem for the new owners. Abu Dhabi owners already made a shocking move by snapping Robinho from Real Madrid in the last day of the transfer window.
Villa has been linked with the top Premier League teams but the player decided to stay with Valencia.
Hughes confidence in signing Villa is based on the fact that Valencia are not playing in Champions League. Anyway the move will certainly not be easy to complete considering the fact that Villa refused Real Madrid this summer, one of the best clubs in the world. Also Valencia is enjoying a good start as they are currently top of the table.
Villa is one of the best footballer in the world and one of the candidates for the Golden Ball.
