Barcelona coach Pep Guardiola
is a shock target for the Argentina FA.
Argentine chiefs, exasperated by Diego Maradona's failure to get
the best from Lionel Messi, want
to replace the football icon with Guardiola.
One AFA board member told Marca: "Argentina has a rough
diamond in the form of Messi, and none of the national selectors
have been able to use him properly.
"But with Guardiola at Barca, Messi has become champion of the
three competitions in which he was engaged in. And he even finished
top scorer in one of them (Champions League)."
Another director said: "Argentina is virtually out of the race
for the World Cup, now we must pray that Spain becomes champion.
That way, they will not try to contact Guardiola."