Will we be able to see a ‘Classic’ in the short term? real Madrid-Barcelona being played in Miami or a Manchester City-Liverpool in the Middle East? The FIFA It is proposed to authorize national leagues to organize matches abroad.
The dream of the Premier League or LaLiga, which with its vast global audiences has long put on the table the idea of playing matches outside its national borders, could soon materialize.
The governing body of world football, in fact, decided this Wednesday to create a working group of 10 to 15 members in charge of examining the idea and fleshing out the proposal in the coming months.
That new commission of the FIFA It is in charge of “gathering broader information on potential amendments to the regulations of FIFA international matches and issuing recommendations to the Council in this regard,” the body wrote in a statement.
The Council – FIFA’s decision-making body – declared that the group would examine ten aspects relating to the organization of matches abroad.
It is mainly about the repercussions for fans of the teams that could play abroad, consequences on the development of the competition or on the number of matches to be played outside the territory.
The biggest European clubs often play lucrative friendly matches around the world, such as the clash between Tottenham and Newcastle which will take place next Wednesday in Melbourne (Australia), just three days after the end of the Premier League.
Official but secondary competitions such as the Super Cup Spain, organized in recent years in Saudi Arabia, have already taken the leap. But the leagues were still governed by FIFA regulations.
Spanish LaLiga expressed its desire to play matches in North America from 2025.
The project of a “39th date” of the Premier League abroad, which caused rivers of ink to flow, was abandoned in 2008 due to opposition from fan groups, FIFA and UEFA. Last month, an appeal to the United States courts prompted FIFA to reconsider its opposition.
That decision was made as FIFA’s annual congress takes place on Friday in bangkokwhere the name of the organizer of the 2027 Women’s Soccer World Cup will be known, to which Brazil and a joint candidacy aspire Germany-Belgium-Netherlands.
Source: Gestion
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