Tottenham boss Nuno Espirito Santo has confirmed that Cristian Romero, Giovani Lo Celso and Davinson Sanchez will return just before the London derby against Chelsea on September 19.
The Argentine duo alongside Aston Villa's Emiliano Martinez and Emi Buendia went against their respective club's wishes and traveled to South America during the international break to represent Argentina.
This caused bizarre scenes of health officials storming the pitch and getting the game abandoned.
A statement released on Tuesday afternoon read: “Following the analysis of the official match reports related to the FIFA World Cup qualifier between Brazil and Argentina, FIFA can confirm that disciplinary proceedings have been opened involving both member nations.
“The two teams were asked to provide further information on the facts that led to the suspension of the match, which will be gathered and then thoroughly reviewed by FIFA’s Disciplinary Committee. Updates will follow in due course.”
And speaking ahead of Spurs' Crystal Palace clash, Nuno revealed when the Argentine duo as well as Sanchez (Colombia) will be back in action for the north Londoners.
"They will arrive the day before the match against Chelsea so they will not be available for the Conference League game," the Portuguese told the media in the pre-match press conference on Friday.
"I don't know what's going to happen. Every time that an international break comes on it's always a concern for us, to manage as a group because you cannot control.
"There is nothing much more that I can say that will avoid or find a solution for this problem. With FIFA, UEFA and the Premier League, they know that we have a big, big issue among the clubs, so I hope they solve it. I hope they solve it, but nothing I'm going to say is going to bring a solution to it.
"[The Premier League clubs coming together to stop players going]. I think they did it before but FIFA is the governing body of football so we expect answers from FIFA that can tell us what we should do, because it's not only us, it's all the clubs in the Premier League.
"Like I said before it happens with South American players but suddenly it could happen with European players so imagine that our England internationals cannot join the England team because they would go to a red list country. Big problem."
Source -
football.london
Join us on
Telegram!/ Follow us on
Twitter!
