Jorge Sampaoli has been Argentina manager for all of five minutes and he's already planning on implementing a seriously weird formation in tomorrow's friendly against Singapore.

The former Sevilla and Chile boss is famous for his intense, pressing and innovative style of play, and Argentinians got a taste of what they can expect from his reign during his opening match in charge; a 1-0 friendly win over Brazil earlier this month.

But, apparently, things will be seriously shaken-up against the Asian minnows.

According to the Mirror, and a series of reports filtering out from South America, Sampaoli is planning on playing just TWO defenders tomorrow, which will allow him to play a whopping FIVE attackers:

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Argentina manager Jorge Sampaoli will play a 2-3-4-1 formation against Singapore tomorrow. pic.twitter.com/YTHeLCpeIb - Arsène's Son (@hughwizzy) June 12, 2017









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Younger people may need to google 2-3-5

Was once a formation

(Have actually played in a 2-3-5 under a very old school teacher in 70s) - Rob Draper (@draper_rob) June 12, 2017









Looks and sounds absolutely dreadful. However I bet it ends up being a tactical masterpiece - Dillon S (@Dillon_Summers6) June 12, 2017

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Shows you how good the opponent must be... :joy: - Rayao' (@UnRayao) June 12, 2017





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Looks like what guardiola played in his last year at bayern - sanchezassists (@sanchezassists) June 12, 2017





To be fair, when you have that amount of world class attackers at your disposal, it's always tempting to try and squeeze them all in.

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Personally, we tip our hat to Sampaoli for actually trying it, and we're waiting with bated breath to see how it all turns out.

Good luck, Singapore!