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.