MONACO (AP) – In this week’s Champions League draw in Monaco, UEFA hosted European football staff and US marketing executives with a radical plan in mind.
Spain’s proposals for Barcelona and Villarreal to play the official LA La Liga game in Miami on December 20th are heading towards a decision by the UEFA leader when they meet in two weeks.
Ultimately, breaking the seal by allowing European clubs to play domestic league matches overseas is considered by fans as a betrayal of tradition, with splitting and club-led kinds of repulsion taking risks Super League Project 2021.
It is also a lucrative opportunity for clubs and leagues to build global brands and fanbases like the ones that NFL, NBA, NHL and MLB franchises did by playing games in Europe. Other locations.
Additionally, we test the delicate balance of commercial and sporting interests in European football, involving UEFA, the increasingly influential European Club Association, and Europa League groups from 34 countries.
Miami games are a promotion by US agent Relevent and are now important UEFA and ECA Partners,have It’s been pushed for years He brings the LA La Liga game to Hard Rock Stadium.
Relevent’s top executives were with UEFA at beachside hotel Monaco, which is developing a strategy to sell tens of billions of dollars in Champions League commercial rights for six years of competition from 2027.
What’s more, like Spain, the British Premier League is a huge financially hope for the Italian league Move AC Milan Como He played against Australia’s Perth in February.
UEFA permits are one important step, and European football organizations may not have legal tools to stop the first traditional move.
“We are not happy, but as long as we have checked legally, if the federation agrees and both coalitions agree, there is not much space here,” UEFA President Aleksander Cheferin told Politico in an interview published Thursday.
Ceferin refused to discuss the topic with the Associated Press in Monaco.
Fans support tradition
Fan groups across Europe advising UEFA have long been advising to be hostile to “out-of-attitude” games that they believe are in a hurry without proper consultation or risk assessment.
“I feel like I’m in a complete rush to something very monumental,” Ronan Ivain, executive director of Football Supporters Europe, told the Monaco Associated Press.
“I’m sure no one is considering the long-term impact of such decisions or the ability of these two leagues to organize such games,” he said. “No one is asking the fans, and we are consumers, and we have the rights as season ticket holders.”
I’m skeptical of Villarreal’s offer to pay for the flight and hotel costs for around 20,000 fans with season tickets to go to Florida.
On the sports side, fans have suggested that the integrity of the league is damaged if the team sacrifices the home advantage at a lively venue like Villarreal’s El Madrigal Stadium. One solution is to play return games overseas.
Real Madrid opposes Barcelona
Barcelona’s big rival Real Madrid also scored the same point. This month, when I warned about the “turning points” of World Soccer.
Fans have strong allies in Brussels. This week, Glen Mikalev, the top European Commission sports official, was called the proposed game “betrayal” in Miami.
“This is the first big stress test of governance since the Super League,” says Micallef who has a formal on his desk Complaints by Player Union and League On the quality of decision-making in soccer. The complaint focused narrowly on FIFA.
The European league and the ECA said the board, chaired by President Paris Saint-Germain Nasser Al Keleifi, should discuss the issue next week.
A big legal victory
A long-standing push to the Europa League stage in the US came to a significant victory last April. FIFA withdraws from the trial In New York, it was brought to you by an agency co-founded by Stephen Ross, owner of the Miami Dolphins.
Relevance challenged FIFA’s veto on holding a competitive league game, and within weeks the governing body announced a working group Check for changes to the rule. The panel includes UEFA lawyers.
In Monaco, Lelevent was approached for comments on a talk about the Miami game.
Next UEFA Meeting
Some football officials have left Monaco and have been able to stop the Villarreal Barcelona match and have been able to obtain approval from the UEFA Executive Committee at a September 11 meeting in Tirana, Albania.
Limiting the scope of future “underlying” plans is a strategy of UEFA, and Ceferin may have admitted to Politico that the game could be accepted as an exception or for clear logistical reasons. AC Milan is scheduled to host Como two days after Sanshiro hosts the opening ceremony of the 2026 Winter Olympics.
“But as a rule, European teams should play in Europe,” said UEFA President.
Fans are afraid that more games will continue to chase money in other countries.
“If that drives European and global football governance,” Evian told the Associated Press.
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