During the Falklands War, were Argentine players still playing in the Premier League?

When war fully broke out in 1982, members of the United Kingdom (England, Scotland and Northern Ireland all qualified for the main draw) briefly considered withdrawing from the World Cup in Spain, while Argentinian fans played in a friendly match against the Soviet Union "England Get Out of the Malvinas" slogan. Argentinian midfielder Ossie Ardiles, who played for Tottenham Hotspur (his cousin, pilot Lieutenant Jose Ardiles, was killed in the war) was booed by English fans and was loaned out shortly afterwards. Went to Paris Saint-Germain. The Stockport team suspended their Argentinian blue and white jerseys on the grounds that "in the current situation, it is inappropriate to do so."

The British team's participation in the World Cup has also been controversial, especially considering that the host country Spain abstained from the United Nations vote on the war. BBC Panorama conducted a survey on whether English teams should take part, while the cabinet began discussing whether the game should be allowed to go ahead if Scotland and Argentina met in the second round. The then Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher, firmly supported each team to participate as scheduled, no matter how much political trouble it would cause to meet the Argentine team in the later schedule. In a speech to the House of Commons, she stated that she was "firmly convinced that England's good performance in Spain will greatly inspire the soldiers fighting in the Falkland Islands".