Warnock hopes to keep Speroni away from Maradona

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CRYSTAL Palace boss Neil Warnock cannot believe his luck that goalkeeper Julian Speroni's recent performances haven't attracted the attention of the Argentinan national side.

Speroni continued his impressive recent form with a man of the match performance against QPR on Tuesday night.

But despite the Argentina squad constantly changing under current coach Diego Maradona, Warnock is grateful that he doesn't have to share his key player with his country.

He said: "I’m absolutely delighted that he’s not been called up. It’s probably that he’s not a giant, people might think size-wise he might not be big enough.

"I don’t see anybody better than him in the Premier League.

"Thank goodness nobody rates him – I’ll send Argentina a DVD of a mistake he made four years ago to make sure."

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