Diego Maradona has hit out at his daughter Giannina's estranged husband Sergio Aguero over the Manchester City forward's conduct during the couple's separation.

The Argentinian World Cup winner blasted his fellow countryman in relation to statements he is alleged to have made to lawyers, describing him as a "wimp".

"He told Giannina, 'I don't fear anyone'," Maradona told Metro Radio. "In the next meeting with the lawyers I want to be with my daughter to see if he has balls to say what he said to her [again].

"I'm really angry. He's a wimp. He knew that I was in Dubai, that's why he went to that meeting."

The former couple's four-year-old son Ben has taken up residence with his mother in Argentina.