Alexis Mac Allister and Lisandro Martinez would have had to take special measures to ensure their safety in the cities of Liverpool and Manchester following their participation in the 2026 World Cup, according to Britain’s The Sun newspaper.
Both players, identified by English fans as participants in the controversial banner that the Argentines put up after their win over England that read “Falklands is Argentina”, reportedly hired a private security company to monitor their homes to prevent vandals from breaking into them.
Clashes break out in Buenos Aires after Argentina loses in World Cup final
As the club does not take part in this process, the measures adopted would have been the ideas of both families alone.
The moment’s tensions between England fans and Argentine players were further exacerbated by Niall Gardiner, a former adviser to former prime minister Margaret Thatcher, who publicly said the Premier League should expel all footballers who had been in the country from Argentina.
“All Argentine players in the Premier League who took part in this ugly anti-British display should have their UK work visas revoked,” Gardiner wrote on X, calling for “zero tolerance” for this type of display by the media against a country that provides economic security.
