Real Madrid president Florentino Perez has ruled out the possibility of the club featuring in a La Liga fixture in the United States.
La Liga have already agreed to move one of this season’s games across the Atlantic Ocean, with Girona’s home fixture against Barcelona in January set to take place at Miami’s Hard Rock Stadium. (what bullshittery is this by Girona/Barca?)
It will be the league’s first ever overseas match, but Perez has claimed Madrid will not follow in Barca’s footsteps, insisting that - under his rule - Los Blancos will refuse any such proposal.
“We will not go to the United States,” Perez told Madrid’s general assembly on Sunday.
Hio ni nonsense wameanza. So hizo game za US who will forgo their home games to play them in the US?
Trying to ape the NBA, took a few regular season games to London for marketing I guess
Too much marketing driven decision in football this days. Intact the preseason matches should be limited to 4 games and the rest spent on a month long camp. If your club isn’t making enough money to keep up with the big boys then it shouldn’t mean burn out for the squad.
[I]La Liga[/I][I]‘s long-standing split with the Spanish FA (RFEF) deepened on Thursday night as the RFEF declared there was “zero per cent chance” Girona’s game with FC Barcelona in Miami will go ahead, claiming the Spanish association, Uefa, Fifa and the Spanish Footballers’ Association (AFE) all united against the proposal.
After details of the fixture leaked earlier this month, La Liga confirmed that they intend to take the fixture to Florida without first consulting the players’ union or the national association.
President of the RFEF, Luis Rubiales, revealed on Spanish radio that he will formally move to block the proposal, having called it an ‘invasion’ of the US, with the backing of governing bodies in charge of European and world football in the form of a letter sent to La Liga chief Javier Tebas. [/I]