The 17ᵉ day of Laliga's day between Villarreal and FC Barcelona could be played on December 20 at the Hard Rock Stadium in Miami (United States), a decision approved by the Spanish Federation (RFEF) and subjected to the downstream of UEFA, then FIFA. This initiative is part of Javier Tebas's project to internationalize the Spanish championship. According to Sportin the event of a final agreement, the two clubs would receive a nice jackpot as a reward.
Barça would receive between 5 and 6 million euros, with a higher amount for Villarreal in order to compensate for the shortfall linked to the ticket office. Note that this decision to relocate a liga match, however, arouses a lively controversy. The association of Spanish footballers (AFE) firmly rejected the proposal during a tense meeting, denouncing the lack of transparency of the process. No club captain had been informed upstream, and the AFE now requests clear explanations on the criteria that motivated the choice of this meeting for relocation to the United States.
