It remains to be seen who will take charge of the Argentina national team when they take on Brazil in Australia in June, but Diego Maradona has expressed his concerns over Jorge Sampaoli's suitability for the role.
The current Sevilla coach has long been the favourite to replace Edgardo Bauza and to try to lead the Albiceleste to the 2018 World Cup, but Maradona is unconvinced.
"I'm not sure [about him taking the job]," he said in an interview with Rivadavia radio station. "The [appreciation] of Sampaoli is inflated.
"With Chile he was having an amazing career.
"Sevilla aren't slowing down and I think he is a candidate [for the Argentina job], but I don't know if that's fair.
"There is a lot being said about cleaning up the Argentine national team, but I don't think Sampaoli has the feel for it or the connection with the players."
Maradona, who coached the team to the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, also refused to completely rule his name out of contention.
"I am still Argentinian and I'll die an Argentinian," he said.
"It's not that I'm offering myself for the job, but I'm saying that the coach inside me hasn't died and that the smell of the pitch continues to attract me like the smell of a pretty woman."
As for alternative candidates, the 56-year-old explained that his role as a FIFA ambassador prohibited him from suggesting any.
