Aston Villa chief executive Christian Purslow admits the South American World Cup Qualifying situation is less than ideal.
The fiasco involves two Argentine players from Villa, Emiliano Martinez and Emiliano Buendia, who went to Brazil with their teammates to play in a Qualifier at the weekend.
However, they were later informed that they were not meant to be in the country, as they had been in the UK in the past 14 days, which eventually caused the Argentina v Brazil game to be suspended.
"It is a mess." Purslow said, per Express and Star.
"What happened in Brazil on Sunday was one of the most extraordinary things I've seen watching football in all my life.
"I don't quite understand how it happened but it was very regrettable and very damaging to sport, when we had done everything we could to come to an amicable and sensible arrangement with the Argentine FA to enable our players to play in very important games."
He added: "We already have a significant congestion issue with World Cup qualifying games in South America so between now and October I really hope to see a sensible arrangement put in place because nobody wants to see a repeat of what happened.
"That would make any reasonable club executive feel incredibly nervous about releasing players for overseas travel while we are in the midst of this crisis."
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