Maradona blasts Batista for ignoring Tevez

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP)—Diego Maradona has said on Argentine TV that his successor as national coach must be “drunk” for suggesting Manchester City forward Carlos Tevez is not needed for the Copa America.
Sergio Batista said Tevez was not required because he had players like Barcelona’s Lionel Messi and Real Madrid’s Gonzalo Higuain who played in the same position.

“You would have to be drunk or stoned not to call up Tevez,” Maradona told the TyC sports

Maradona meets with Dubai club Al Wasl

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP)—Diego Maradona is in the United Arab Emirates amid reports linking him with a coaching vacancy at domestic club Al Wasl.
The 50-year-old Argentine soccer icon, who has been out of coaching since he led Argentina to the 2010 World Cup quarterfinals, visited the club’s training facility Saturday.

Al Wasl is fourth in the domestic league and has been looking for coach since firing Sergio Farias in March. A spokesman for the club says it would have an announcement Sunday but refused to provide details.
A UAE sports newspaper, Sport 360, quoted a club official as saying it was in talks to hire Maradona.
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