New club chairman Diego Maradona confident he can make Dynamo Brest a champion team

Denzil Pinto 00:40 23/05/2018
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  • Diego Maradona with the Dynamo Brest shirt at his presentation in Abu Dhabi (Twitter/@dynamobrest).

    Diego Maradona has vowed to build a “competitive” team after the Argentina legend was unveiled as Dynamo Brest’s new chairman on Tuesday night.

    The 57-year-old was appointed by the Belarusian outfit on a three-year deal, just days after leaving his position as Fujairah coach following their failure to secure automatic promotion to the Arabian Gulf League.

    His immediate task is to build on Dynamo Brest’s success following their Belarusian Cup triumph at the weekend.

    Speaking at his unveiling press conference at Emirates Palace in Abu Dhabi late on Tuesday, the World Cup 1986 winner said he is looking forward to a new challenge in Europe.

    “I have signed a contract and I’m very honoured,” Maradona said. “I have lived beautiful times in Dubai and moving to Belarus is looking for new horizons and work.

    “And I will do it with the same passion I did here in the UAE.

    “In my heart there is a ball beating. I can be the chairman of Dynamo Brest and of course this is a new challenge for me.

    “From player to coach and from coach to chairman, it’s not something that can be taught in a meeting.

    “Of course we will have meetings with the club and we’ll do our best with Dynamo Brest. I want a very competitive team.”

    Speaking on the club’s chances of making an impact in Europe, where they will enter the Europa League second qualifying round in July, he said: “I would say it, but I am not a wizard. I am a man who wants to work in football, that wants to be a chairman for the first time at Dynamo Brest.

    “I want the team evolve with the club. And to say that we will work very hard to achieve this.

    “There is no other way than the hard work.”

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