July 19 – FIFA have named Armando Pérez, owner of the Belgrano club, as head of the normalising committee to temporarily manage the affairs of Argentine football.
Last month FIFA said they had taken control of the national federation after Argentina FA president Luis Segura – a member of FIFA’s ruling council – was charged with fraud relating to domestic broadcasting rights in Argentina plunging the domestic game into chaos.
Led by Julio Grondona since the 1970s, the federation has been embroiled in a governance crisis ever since the late FIFA senior vice president died in 2014. FIFA originally announced that the normalisation body would comprise “up to seven members” but only four have been named.
A FIFA statement said: “The commission will be in charge of running the daily affairs of the AFA, revising the AFA statutes in order to bring them in line with the current FIFA standard statutes, and organising elections accordingly by June 30, 2017, at the latest. The normalisation committee will act as an electoral committee and none of its members will be eligible for any of the open positions.”
Perez could take control on Thursday or Friday when FIFA and CONMEBOL authorities arrive in Buenos Aires. He will be supported by AFA federal board president Pablo Toviggino and two lawyers, former Boca Juniors legal chief Javier Medín and Carolina Cristinziano. Their main task will be to adapt the federation’s rules to FIFA requirements and call elections for president before June 30, 2017.
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