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Premier League clubs plan to BLOCK 'red list' nations from calling up their players next month after the Brazil-Argentina quarantine farce, as Aston Villa chief Christian Purslow admits teams are 'incredibly nervous' about releasing their stars again

Premier League clubs could block players from being released for international duty in red list countries after the farce in Brazil, warns Christian Purslow.

The Aston Villa chief executive says Premier League teams will be 'incredibly nervous' to let players leave during the next set of World Cup qualifiers in October.

Two Villa players, Emiliano Buendia and Emiliano Martinez were involved in Argentina's abandoned clash with Brazil on Sunday night with Tottenham's Giovani lo Celso and Christian Romero joining them by entering the country on private jet.

Emiliano Martinez was one of the Aston Villa players involved for Argentina on Sunday night
Emi Buendia was another of the Villa stars given permission to fly out for the international

Emiliano Martinez (left) and Emi Buendia (right) were allowed to leave by Aston Villa to play for Argentina but Christian Purslow warned that changes need to be made

Purslow described the situation as a mess and warned that clubs may not release players

As reported exclusively by Sportsmail last week, they had falsified documents, failing to declare they had come from the UK and should be deported or at least in quarantine, in line with Brazilian Covid protocol.