Football | The Guardian
La Liga set to stage match in US as battle to match Premier League grows
• Regular-season fixture could take place as early as this season
• El Clásico would remain in Spain under proposals
La Liga is set to stage a regular-season match in the United States, possibly as early as this year, but a clásico between Real Madrid and Barcelona is pretty much out of the question.
The league said on Thursday it is planning to play a match across the Atlantic as part of a new 15-year partnership with the sports and entertainment group Relevent to promote the game in North America. The group operates the International Champions Cup, the world’s largest summer club tournament. Barcelona and Real Madrid faced each other in the tournament in Miami last year.
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