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Argentine soccer great Diego Maradona has underlined his desire to coach in China after arriving in the country for an eight-day charity trip, local media reported.
"I would like to coach in China," Maradona told a news conference in Beijing, "I wish to contribute to the development of China's youth soccer."
One of Maradona's coterie of agents had sounded out the Chinese earlier this year with a view of eventually landing the national team job.
On Thursday, Maradona, who led his country to the 1986 World Cup as a player and is regarded as one of the game's greatest ever, held talks with Chinese FA boss Wei Di.
As a controversial figure who has suffered serious health issues and overcome drug addiction, Maradona was fired as Argentina coach after losing 4-0 to Germany in the quarter-finals of the 2010 tournament.
Chinese soccer has seen an influx of big-name foreign players and coaches, including Sergio Batista, the man who took over the Argentina job from Maradona, now coach of Shanghai Shenhua.
The big-spending Chinese Super League club boast former Chelsea strikers Nicolas Anelka and Didier Drogba, while other clubs have also been splashing the cash.
Shanghai's rivals Guangzhou Evergrande appointed Italy's former World Cup winning coach Marcello Lippi.
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