Barcelona midfielder Frenkie de Jong has voiced his opposition to the announcement that the Catalan facet’s LaLiga sport in opposition to Villarreal in December will probably be performed in Miami.
LaLiga confirmed on Wednesday that the league fixture, imagined to be performed at Villarreal’s Estadio de la Cerámica, will probably be moved to the Onerous Rock Stadium after UEFA’s announcement earlier this week that that they had reluctantly authorised the request.
De Jong is in opposition to extra journey being squeezed right into a packed schedule, whereas he additionally understands complaints from opposition groups that it’ll distort the competitors.
“I do not prefer it,” he mentioned at a information convention whereas on worldwide responsibility with the Netherlands.
“I can perceive the golf equipment financially, they’ll after all revenue from it, and so they can unfold their model additional the world over. However I would not do it.
“It isn’t good for the gamers. You need to journey lots. It is also not honest when it comes to competitors. For us, it is now an away match on impartial floor. I completely perceive if different golf equipment aren’t pleased about that.”
Actual Madrid are among the many LaLiga golf equipment to have criticised the choice to take a sport to the United States, saying it should “give an undue sporting benefit” to the groups concerned and “units an unacceptable precedent.”
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LaLiga have been attempting to relocate a sport to the U.S. since 2017, however plans accelerated in August after they lastly obtained approval from the Royal Spanish Soccer Federation [RFEF], who had beforehand blocked the plans regardless of staging the Spanish Supercopa in Saudi Arabia themselves.
Earlier this week, European soccer governing physique UEFA then mentioned it had authorised two requests for video games to be performed on overseas soil, the opposite from Italian sides Milan and Como to play in Perth, Australia, in February.
UEFA mentioned it was in “clear opposition” to the thought of taking part in home league video games exterior of their native international locations however cited FIFA’s obscure framework and laws when confirming it had accepted the proposals “exceptionally.”
FIFA have put collectively a working group to overview these laws transferring ahead.
LaLiga president Javier Tebas, in the meantime, says the plan is for one league sport to be taken overseas every season, and never simply to the U.S.
Barça’s sport in opposition to Villarreal is about to be the primary sport from Europe’s huge 5 leagues performed on overseas soil, copying a mannequin carried out by American leagues such because the NFL and the NBA in recent times.
