La Liga president Javier Tebas has made no secret of the very fact he desires the league to carry a recreation in the US of America within the close to future – probably as quickly as this coming December.
Tebas informed The Athletic: “It doesn’t rely solely on us, but when we’re capable of do it, we’ll. The thought is to do it as quickly as doable,”
“I can’t put a timeframe, however we’re already engaged on it. The groups that participate will accomplish that voluntarily. I can’t determine it for them. We have now to discover a good date within the calendar, however we’re going to attempt to do it in Miami, the place we tried beforehand. We aren’t going to do a complete gameweek. It will likely be one recreation (per season), and that’s it.”
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December date eyed for La Liga’s first fixture overseas
La Liga have tried to play in the US earlier than, however these plans fell aside after FIFA and US soccer authorities stepped in to wag a finger and go tut-tut on the plans.
There have been options that FIFA is perhaps softening of their place, although, and La Liga intend to check the waters, with Relevo reporting that the conflict between Barcelona and Atletico Madrid slated for the weekend earlier than Christmas is the almost definitely candidate because it stands.
Each golf equipment are mentioned to be eager on the thought – in reality, Atletico COO Oscar Mayo Pardo went on report to say: “We’d like to be one of many first two golf equipment within the historical past of European leagues to play (competitively) within the U.S.. La Liga is aware of we’re completely out there for that and, when it is going to be doable, it is going to be a pleasure for us.”
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Miami has been proposed because the venue for the potential transfer overseas (Picture credit score: Getty Pictures)
The plan is seen as a method for La Liga to attempt to acquire again floor within the face of the Premier League’s monetary dominance, by garnering extra curiosity and recognition within the standard North American broadcast market.
Such proposals have confirmed unpopular at any time when they’ve been floated for the Premier League.
The thought of a ‘thirty ninth recreation’ – an extra date within the calendar, performed overseas with precise factors on the road – was first floated in 2008 however shot down, and rears its head once more each few years.
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