Dubai, May 17 (IANS/AKI) Argentine soccer legend Diego Maradona has accepted a two-year deal to coach Dubai's Al Wasl club.
Maradona is to take over as coach next season, club vice-chairman Marwane Ben Bayatt said Monday.
"We have reached an agreement with Maradona and we will release details later," Gulf News quoted Bayatt as saying.
No details of his contract were immediately available.
Maradona has been out of a coaching job since he led Argentina to a humiliating defeat in the 2010 World Cup in South Africa when his team was defeated 4-0 by Germany.
Since retiring as a player in 1997, Maradona has endured tax evasion and drug scandals. He is still widely considered one the greatest soccer players of all time.
Al Wasl is ranked fourth in the United Arab Emirates league. The squad has been without a permanent coach since Brazilian Sergio Farias was fired in April.