At least two US prosecutors have been snooping around the Argentine Football Association’s headquarters in Buenos Aires since August 25, French news agency AFP and Clarín both confirmed this weekend. She is the person most closely associated with “FIFAGate,” the international corruption scandal which hit the governing body of international football in May last year, exacerbating an ongoing political crisis within the ranks of the Argentine Football Association. Meiszner, though now in disgrace, spent three decades at the head of Quilmes football club, whose stadium still bears his name, and was until recently both President of the Argentine Football Association and secretary-general of the South American Football Confederation CONMEBOL. American prosecutors may be particularly interested in Meizner’s close ties to Aníbal Fernández. Read more: Looks Like The Argentine Football Association Won’t Be Kicked Out Of FIFA After All

Source: The Bubble September 05, 2016 19:30 UTC