Maradona will also fly to England this weekend to meet Manchester United striker Carlos Tevez and Liverpool midfielder Javier Mascherano.

The Argentina legend has not yet been confirmed as his country's new coach, as the Argentinian FA board must ratify his appointment at a meeting next Tuesday.

However that is considered a simple formality, and the 48-year-old - who is celebrating his birthday on Thursday - expects to be in charge of the national team for the November 19 clash with George Burley's Scots.

Maradona has revealed, though, that star forward Lionel Messi will not make the trip to Glasgow for the match.

Argentina have an arrangement with Messi's club, Barcelona, which means the 21-year-old does not play in every friendly.

It had been anticipated that Maradona would travel to Glasgow for the match, but to watch from the stands.

Sergio Batista - who coaches the Argentina Under-20 team as well as guiding the Olympic side - had been lined up to be at the helm.

However Maradona said on Thursday: "I will travel to England on Saturday to see Tevez and Mascherano.

"And in Scotland I will make my debut."

The Argentina FA agreed to let Messi skip the match as payback to Barcelona for allowing Messi to play at the Olympics, so the precocious young forward will not return to the city where last year he endured a miserable night at Ibrox.

"The agreement (with Barcelona) will be respected. We won't walk over anybody. Barcelona president Joan Laporta was a gentleman by allowing Messi to play in the Olympic Games," Maradona added.

Maradona will become Argentina coach despite the fact he has little coaching experience, having been in charge of Deportivo Mandiyu for two months in 1994 and Racing Club for four months in 1995.

However he is likely to have Carlos Bilardo, the boss of Argentina's 1986 and 1990 World Cup teams, at his side as a technical director.

Bilardo had Maradona as the key man in his side at both World Cups and saw his team win the 1986 tournament and reach the final four years later, and he has been chosen expressly because of their strong relationship.

Argentina are needing an upturn in form, having won just one of their last seven World Cup qualifiers to lie third in the South American Zone.

Maradona confirmed his team will be "as strong as possible" for the friendly against Scotland, meaning the likes of Tevez, Mascherano, Juan Roman Riquelme and Sergio Aguero should be involved.