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Daily Mirror
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Mark Jones

Four Premier League players given international bans after Brazil vs Argentina chaos

Four Argentina players who are tied to Premier League clubs have been suspended by FIFA after last September's abandoned World Cup qualifier against Brazil.

The match in Sao Paulo kicked off only to be halted by medical officials minutes into the match, with Covid-19 restrictions at the time being cited.

The Aston Villa pair of Emiliano Martinez and Emiliano Buendia, as well as Tottenham's Cristian Romero and Giovani Lo Celso - who joined Villarreal on loan in January - were accused by the Brazilian government of providing false information in relation to their immigration forms and Covid-19 declarations.

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