Manchester United striker Carlos Tevez says Diego Maradona is the right man in charge of the Argentina national team.

Tevez told the Daily Mail: "Maradona will be a great coach.

"He has the same charisma now that he had as a player and the group have responded so well to him.

"People around the world might have been amazed by the decision to appoint him, but it was different for the people of Argentina, for the people who love him and admire him.

"We knew we had endured his problems; with his health, with everything. But in Argentina he is a hero to everyone and when we knew he had recovered and when he was given the job of coaching the national team, it was like he was back - and that meant so much to the people.

"You can't compare him to Sir Alex Ferguson. One manager has years and years of experience and one is just starting his career, but they share that great hunger to win - and they both have that aura that great men possess."