Buenos Aires: World Cup winner Diego Maradona said on Friday that he had turned down an offer to work with the Argentine national team.
"I don't think it's the best moment to join the team. I want to make it clear that I don't want to get in anyone's way," Maradona said in a radio interview.
His decision came after speculation over what his role would be and whether he would be stepping on the toes of Argentina coach Jose Pekerman.
Maradona met Argentina Football Association (AFA) president Julio Grondona last week to discuss a possible position.
Grondona said in a radio interview last Friday that Maradona had been incorporated into the national team staff and he saw him as a future Argentina coach.
Maradona, a member of Argentina's 1986 World Cup winning side, made a dramatic recovery after undergoing drugs rehabilitation last year and a gastric bypass operation in Colombia in March.
He works as a director of Boca Juniors and also hosted a weekly television show, which ended last week.
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