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Barcelona's league fixture against Atletico Madrid successful December could beryllium staged successful Miami - with La Liga officials hopeful that Fifa volition o.k. the plan.
It would beryllium the archetypal clip a La Liga lucifer has been played successful the United States.
Fifa, football's satellite governing body, volition marque the last determination connected the proposal.
The lucifer is presently scheduled for 22 December, earlier La Liga pauses for its wintertime break.
Both Atletico and Barcelona are scheduled to play successful a four-team Spanish Super Cup successful aboriginal January, which is being held successful Saudi Arabia.
In April, Fifa withdrew from a ineligible situation by starring lucifer promoter Relevent, which is seeking to signifier overseas league matches successful the United States.
The pursuing month, Fifa announced it was setting up a moving group to look astatine the imaginable interaction of competitory home matches being played abroad.
La Liga president Javier Tebas has spoken of his tendency to instrumentality La Liga games to different countries.
Barcelona planned to signifier a league lucifer against Girona successful Miami successful January 2019, but the thought was scrapped successful the look of absorption from Spain's shot relation and its players' union.
League sources accidental determination is inactive enactment to bash connected the program but they are hopeful of receiving support to proceed.
The Premier League has antecedently said it has nary plans to play games overseas.
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