Maradona to Return to Argentine Soccer
DIEGO MARADONA will sign a contract before the end of the week to return to professional soccer with an Argentine team, his agent said yesterday.
The agent, MARCOS FRANCHI, in several broadcast interviews in Buenos Aires, said the Argentine first division teams Argentinos Juniors and Newell's Old Boys are "firm candidates" to obtain the 33-year-old.
Franchi said a third team, San Lorenzo de Almagro, "still has a possibility" of signing Maradona, who returned to Argentina last June after a season with Spanish club Sevilla and said he was retiring for good.
Maradona was captain of the Argentine national team that won the World Cup in 1986 and finished second in 1990. (AP)  SPORTS PEOPLE: SOCCER