Warner, who resigned from FIFA in June amid bribery allegations

Basile, who won the New nike soccer shoes Argentine title and Copa Libertadores as a Racing player in the 1960s, says he wants to “make (the club) a champion” again.

Racing, considered one of Argentina’s “big five” clubs, finished runner-up to Boca Juniors in the past Apertura tournament under Simeone.

Basile coached Argentina during the 1994 World Cup and his three previous spells as Racing coach were in 1977, 1986-’89 and 1996-’97.

Former FIFA vice president Jack Warner said Thursday he was awarded World Cup television rights for as little as $1 in return for helping Sepp Blatter win elections for the Nike Mercurial Vapor Superfly presidency of world soccer’s ruling body.

Warner, who resigned from FIFA in June amid bribery allegations, said in a statement that the organization awarded him the 1998 World Cup rights in his native Trinidad & Tobago for $1 after he helped Blatter win a “brutal” campaign to become FIFA president.

A former president of regional body CONCACAF and the Caribbean Football Union, Warner also said he was sold the rights for the 2002 and 2006 World Cups after helping Blatter get Best Football Boots re-elected in 2002, and later bought the 2010 and 2014 rights.