“I don’t like us going there and I don’t agree. It's not just for competition. I don’t like it and I don’t think it’s good for the players.” Asked about the Villarreal-FC Barcelona match being held in Miami, Frenkie de Jong did not hesitate to publicly criticize the relocation of this match. This Thursday, while in Rome for the EFC (European Football Clubs) congress, Joan Laporta responded to his player. The Blaugrana president was courteous to the Batavian, but he wanted to remind him who was the boss.
“The match will take place. UEFA and LaLiga have accepted it, and we will play wherever they tell us to play. If they tell us Miami, we'll go play Miami. I respect him (de Jong), but the club will play where LaLiga says, and we will go to Miami. If we supported this idea, it is because for us, it is an important market. During the summer tours we concluded a series of agreements which this match will allow us to deepen. And we have an office there, which we moved from New York to Miami, to sell the Barça brand. » The message got through.
