Diego Maradona Says There's 'No Magic wand' to Solve Argentina Football Crisis
Diego Maradona said he is ready to help Argentina football but added that there is no short-term solution. Football in the country is gooing through internal power struggle after long-time president Julio Grondona died in 2014
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Maradona said there is no short-term solution to Argentina's problem
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Argentina football is going through an internal power struggle
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Maradona has offered to help FIFA make Argentina football transparent
Diego Maradona, former World Cup winner and national coach, said on Wednesday he had no magic wand to solve Argentina's football crisis but agreed to help organise talks to that end.
FIFA president Gianni Infantino had called upon Maradona on Monday to help negotiate deadlocked talks over the future of Argentina's league, where the big clubs want to form a super league.
On arriving back in Argentina, the 55-year-old said he would first take a holiday before "talking with the various interested parties."
"I'm not against a new format," the 55-year-old who starred in Argentina's 1986 World Cup triumph said.
"I haven't got a magic wand. We'll have to weigh up the pros and cons and we have to talk to the honest people, those who love Argentine football," he said.
The Argentina Football Association (AFA) has been left reeling following the death of long-time president Julio Grondona in 2014, which unleashed an internal power struggle.
A spokesman for FIFA revealed that Infantino had sought help from Maradona earlier this week.
"FIFA is committed to help and assist find a sustainable solution for the governance of Argentinian football. And Diego Maradona has offered his support," a spokesman said.