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Argentine Football Probe Blocked by Court While World Cup Operations Shift in Monterrey

A judicial injunction has paused regulator access to AFA accounts at the same time FIFA removed Tigres’ training site, raising fresh questions about opaque international payments tied to TOURPRODENTER LLC.

Overview

  • A civil-court precautionary injunction won by the AFA and the Superliga has suspended IGJ inspectors’ access to the federation’s 2022–2025 balance sheets, halting a key step in a fiscal review.
  • A fiscal dossier by prosecutor Emilio Gerchunoff alleges accounting gaps, unexplained U.S. dollar movements in TOURPRODENTER LLC bank accounts and possible concealment of revenue connected to Javier Faroni.
  • FIFA judged TigresEstadio Universitario unsuitable for World Cup training and reassigned Japan’s and Sweden’s sessions to El Barrial, forcing last-minute logistical changes in Monterrey.
  • Argentina closed its final warmups with a 3–0 win over Iceland in which Lionel Messi returned as a substitute and scored, leaving the squad in positive form ahead of the tournament.
  • Parallel football developments reported this week include Juventus opening talks with Aston Villa for goalkeeper Emiliano Martínez, Jorge Sampaoli nearing a deal with Talleres, and legal action in Peru seeking preventive detention for Nadeska Widausky.