World Cup winner Diego Maradona said on Thursday he has turned down an offer to work with the Argentine national team.
"I don't think it's the best moment to join the team," Maradona said in a radio interview. "I want to make it clear that I don't want to get in anyone's way."
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.
