The previous day, there was news in the media about the World Cup winner Lionel Messi bringing Argentina to Dhaka next June.
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Bangladesh Football Federation (BAFFE) president Kazi Salauddin said everything is fine except for some terms and conditions.
A press conference was also called by Buff on Wednesday at 2:30 pm regarding the matter. But Buff canceled the press conference three hours earlier citing 'unavoidable reasons' in a press release. In the afternoon, with another press release, Buff said that they are working on this tour. Details will be given in due course.
According to sources, there was no discussion in the executive committee about bringing 2022 Qatar World Cup champion Argentina to Bangladesh at a cost of around one hundred crore taka. According to another source, Argentina Football Association (AFA) is a little unhappy because the news was leaked in the Bangladeshi media without the terms and conditions being completely fixed. So Buffe quickly canceled the hastily called press conference to stop them.
Meanwhile, the former star footballer Sheikh Md. believes that Buff has done a stunt by bringing the world champion Argentina to Dhaka again. I came In his words, 'There is no game in the whole country, but Buffaf is talking about bringing world champions. This is surprising to me. I don't know what we can do to trick the soft minds of people like this. If Buff had started the district leagues without bringing Argentina, then we would have benefited a lot. This former member of Buff added, "Argentina is the world champion. They have a huge fan base in our country, that's right. At this time, if football could have been capitalized and a grand tournament named after Sheikh Russell or Sheikh Kamal or Bangabandhu could have been launched in the country, then we would have benefited. But by spending so much money (around hundreds of crores) to bring them (Argentina) for a 90-minute match, I think we will not get any benefit.
The previous day, BAFUF wrote on WhatsApp, "A press briefing will be held at 2:30 on Wednesday at 2.30 pm in the third floor conference room of the BAFUF building to inform about the arrival of the current World Cup winner Argentina national football team to Bangladesh in the FIFA window next June." is revealed. Kaal says 'sincerely sorry' and blames Buff. Gaston Edul, who works in the social media department of the Argentine daily TYC, wrote in a post, "There was no discussion between Argentina and Bangladesh about coming to Dhaka in June." Edul said that Argentina Football Association (AFA) is currently giving the most importance to the contract with coach Lionel Scaloni. They are not focused on anything else until it is done. "Sergio Lavensky, one of Argentina's senior journalists, said about this, "AFA (Argentine Football Association) has not told us anything. As far as I know, the discussion on the matter has just begun. Argentina's top daily Buenos Aires Times has published the country's international football schedule in 2023 in a report.
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