Diego Maradona has kick off his stint at Al Wasl by conduct his first coaching sitting with the UAE club. The Argentina fable, who has previously signed Uruguayan onward Juan Manuel Olivera, joined the Al Wasl side in a blaze of publicity last month.
Maradona, whose last coaching job was with Argentina at the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa, was naturally excited by the opportunity ahead.I am more than eager to be back and I am anxious to start working with the team,the Asian Football Confederation's official website quotes him as saying.
I have been constantly thinking of different training methods and new policy while I was away, even while I was on the plane.There are new ideas formulate in my head and I can't wait to start implementing them on the ground,he completed.
Marwan Bin Bayat, chairman of Al Wasl, said:Maradona is not only a guest of Al Wasl, but for Dubai as a whole. As such, we are absolutely certain that he will love his new home and can speak for the complete city when we say, 'We are happy to have you here'.The new UAE league is planned to start in October.