FIFA: a normalisation committee appointed to manage the Argentine Football Association

"The bureau of the FIFA Council has today, 24/06/2016, decided to appoint a normalisation committee for the Argentine Football Association (AFA) in accordance with Art. 8 Par. 2 of the FIFA Statutes," said the international federation, on 24/06/2016.

The committee 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 30/06/2017 at the latest."

"The decision to appoint a normalisation committee comes after a joint FIFA and CONMEBOL mission visited Argentina earlier this month (beginning of June 2016)," added FIFA on 24/06/2016. This committee will be chaired by Damián Dupiellet, a lawyer, 47 years old, who was close to Julio Grondona, president of the Argentine Football Association from 1979 until his death on 30/07/2014.

A committee of five to seven members

• "There will be between five and seven members of this normalisation committee, and they will be identified by a joint FIFA and CONMEBOL mission to take place soon.
• The normalisation…