Diego Maradona has a penchant for showing the world what happens when infinite hubris and infinite ineptitude meet personal benefit.

According to Argentine sports daily Olé Maradona is flying to Europe to face the players that he once had as indisputable in his previous callups and tell them that they will not be a part of the national team in the upcoming friendly against Ghana on September 30th and in the final two matches in World Cup qualifying play against Peru and Uruguay.

For many Argentines that is great news as for several years it has been thought that the players that are abroad have lost the true meaning of wearing the national team jersey. The national team was more successful when the team was based with domestic players as was the case in 1978 and 1986.

The intentions are good, but the idea is lacking one thing- talent. Argentina's most talented players are abroad for a reason. Their domestic league is beginning to see the ravages of over-exportation as that once fruitful and unlimited crop of players is starting to dry out. This idea of switching to this idea is a sensible one when trying to gain support of the fans once again, but it lacks organization and truly sucks in timing. Let's start at the front.

Goalkeeper? Hmmm, does that mean Roberto Abbondanzieri gets his job back? Ok, Gastón Sessa? Marcelo Barovero? Why not former Boca outcast Mauricio Caranta? The goalkeeping position is one of those that has been truly lacked in all aspects since Ubaldo Fillol left the ranks of the Albiceleste back in 1986.

The backline had two domestic players in it in Otamendi and Papa and it didn't work. Yes, Gabriel Heinze needed to leave a year ago as he was becoming a casualty on the pitch and too influential in the dressing room. So will Martín DeMichelis have to suffer from the Argentina's poor form even after being injured? Is Rolando Schiavi that good that he should start in the middle?

Do you guys still remember when Maradona said that Argentina was "Mascherano plus 10"? Well it seems like the team will now be "11 minus Mascherano" as the Liverpool midfielder will be out of the mix and there is a possibility that Sebastian Battaglia and Juan Sebastian Verón could be in the mix. Well, Verón was part of the debacle and he's a domestic guy.

Does this mean that Juan Román Riquelme is coming back? After all of the "broken codes" and lack of motivation that he has shown all throughout he is ready to give everything for his country? Nah, I don't think so.

Up front, I guess Maradona can use the geriatric duo of Martín Palermo and Esteban Fuertes- both of whom have been recent Diego callups- to threaten the Peruvian backline.

All in all, this concept came a decade too late. The players in the domestic league are not what they used to be. We'll talk more about that in part deux.