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He's not Argentinian, so not subject to the same quarantine rules?
Why? Public health > premier league > lining FIFA's pockets. The idea that footballers should get to slip the rules to enable one of the most corrupt organizations in the world running qualifiers for the most corrupt sporting event in the world in one of the most loathsome countries in the world is absurd.
No disagreement on the moral horror and practical absurdity of the Qatar World Cup, but I feel like this bleeds into a denigration of the international game that I hear a lot from big English club fans and I very much disagree with.
During a global pandemic, its absurd. There's just no way to practically allow them to coexist without greatly distorting both competitions. Nations in red zones whose players don't report because its a global health crisis and doing so jeopardizes their employers are at a competitive disadvantage. Clubs who employ players who do report to red zones because they feel an obligation to do so are at a competitive disadvantage.
