Post by socceroonet on Jun 23, 2005 22:42:31 GMT 10
Diego Maradona has accepted an offer to take on a director's role at Boca Juniors, club president Mauricio Macri said on Wednesday.
Macri said that Maradona, who had previously been offered a job as youth team coach, would take over as football vice-president in August.
'He will take part, give his opinion, help us run the professional squad,' Macri told reporters, adding that Maradona would help in the selection of a new coach.
The 44-year-old Maradona has made a good recovery after undergoing drug rehabilitation last year and a gastric bypass operation in Colombia in March.
Maradona's doctor Alfredo Cahe has said the former Argentina captain had lost more than 33 kgs since the stomach stapling operation surgery in the Caribbean city of Cartagena.
The most popular club in Argentina, Boca has always been close to Maradona's heart. He supported them as a boy and had two stints there as a player.
The Buenos Aires club have been without a coach after sacking Jorge Benitez last week and Maradona has publicly backed former Argentina manager Alfio Basile as his preferred candidate to take over.
Julio Falcioni, currently in charge of unfashionable Banfield, former Argentina coach Marcelo Bielsa and Uruguay's Jorge Fossati are among the other candidates.
Benitez was sacked for spitting at Guadalajara forward Adolfo Bautista during a Libertadores Cup tie last week.
The quarter-final second leg was abandoned in the 79th minute as a brawl on the field sparked a crowd riot. The game was goalless with the Mexican side 4-0 ahead from the first leg.
Macri said that Maradona, who had previously been offered a job as youth team coach, would take over as football vice-president in August.
'He will take part, give his opinion, help us run the professional squad,' Macri told reporters, adding that Maradona would help in the selection of a new coach.
The 44-year-old Maradona has made a good recovery after undergoing drug rehabilitation last year and a gastric bypass operation in Colombia in March.
Maradona's doctor Alfredo Cahe has said the former Argentina captain had lost more than 33 kgs since the stomach stapling operation surgery in the Caribbean city of Cartagena.
The most popular club in Argentina, Boca has always been close to Maradona's heart. He supported them as a boy and had two stints there as a player.
The Buenos Aires club have been without a coach after sacking Jorge Benitez last week and Maradona has publicly backed former Argentina manager Alfio Basile as his preferred candidate to take over.
Julio Falcioni, currently in charge of unfashionable Banfield, former Argentina coach Marcelo Bielsa and Uruguay's Jorge Fossati are among the other candidates.
Benitez was sacked for spitting at Guadalajara forward Adolfo Bautista during a Libertadores Cup tie last week.
The quarter-final second leg was abandoned in the 79th minute as a brawl on the field sparked a crowd riot. The game was goalless with the Mexican side 4-0 ahead from the first leg.
