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As reported by Daily Mail, Aston Villa and Tottenham are embroiled in a new spat with Argentina after coach Lionel Scaloni appeared to back out of a deal to release their players early from international duty.
The clubs believe they have an arrangement with the Argentinian FA for Villa duo Emiliano Martinez and Emiliano Buendia, and Spurs pair Cristian Romero and Giovani Lo Celso, to leave South America after the second of their three World Cup qualifiers this fortnight.
This would permit the players to serve their mandatory 10-day quarantine period and miss only one Premier League game.
But when asked ahead of Argentina’s qualifier in Venezuela this morning, Scaloni said: "We gave the list for the three games and there are no doubts about that.
"The players are here to play all three games. We never had a refusal from the clubs. We spoke and reached a conclusion that they had to come."
Scaloni’s stance presents a serious headache for Spurs and Villa. If the four players stay for three matches, Martinez and Buendia could miss Villa’s two games away to Chelsea — in the league next Saturday and then the Carabao Cup on September 22 — as well as the home clash with Everton on September 18.
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