BUENOS AIRES, Sept 10 (AFP) - Former Argentina international striker Ariel Ortega has had his FIFA ban temporarily suspended so he can play his next two league matches for Newell's Old Boys, an Argentine football federation official said.
Ortega had been suspended by world football's governing body because of the conflict between old Turkish club Fenerbahce, who want nine million euros for him, and Newell's Old Boys, who say the problem will be soon be resolved with a 2.87 million euro payment.
The 30-year-old former River Plate, Valencia, Sampdoria and Parma player announced last November that he had given up football but then decided to play for Newell's Old Boys.