Diego Maradona Out

There was a standoff between employer and employee, and one of those wins that battle more often than not.

And it doesn’t matter if your name is Diego Maradona.

Diego said he would not budge regarding his demands that the AFA allow his whole staff to return or he walks. The AFA has politely let him walk.

There’s no need to rehash the reasons why – he’s a nice sideshow, but he’s not a football coach. As such, Argentina had offered him a four year deal with stipulations as to his assistants, because presumably they were trying to replace Diego’s backroom staff with a who’s who of tactical masterminds while allowing Diego to stay the figurehead who thinks he’s in control. Kind of like most presidencies.

Now the AFA will be tasked with finding a replacement who can do better than a four goal loss in the quarterfinals in four years time – not that difficult – whilst Diego will probably go back to the chat show circuit and avoiding Italian customs officers (with a fairly decent success rate).

Sounds like a win-win.

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