“It's finally official. I am very happy to be Gimnasia's new coach, ”Maradona writes on Instagram, and continues:

“We will work with our soul and body for El Lobo. Hug and thank you very much! ”.

World Cup trained Argentina

El Lobo becomes Maradona's sixth club as coach, and his third in Argentina's highest division. He also coached the Argentine men's national team during the years 2008-2010, but resigned after the quarterfinal loss to Germany in the 2010 World Cup.

The contract with El Lobo expires this season.

Last spring, Maradona announced that he will quit as coach for Dorados in the Mexican Second Division, where he had been since September 2018. The Argentine lifted Dorados from the bottom of the table to qualify to go up to the top league