la liga goes to the US
la liga goes to the US
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m3sye

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26,231 posts

217 months

Thursday 16th August 2018
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https://www.theguardian.com/football/2018/aug/16/l...

How long till this happens in the Prem

Ascayman

13,108 posts

232 months

Thursday 16th August 2018
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The day that happens to my club is the day football officially dies imo.

Black can man

31,959 posts

184 months

Thursday 16th August 2018
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It’s going to happen that’s for sure

Can you imagine the amount of revenue that a competitive United versus Liverpool game would create in the US ?

With any luck Theyll both stay out there wink

tribalsurfer

1,206 posts

135 months

Thursday 16th August 2018
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........welcome back debate on a 39th game overseas !!!!

LoonyTunes

3,362 posts

91 months

Thursday 16th August 2018
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As I understand it, it'll be a 'B' game like Sevilla vs Real Sociedad or similar.

Can't see that being particularly attractive except if it's played in the more Latin states.

Of course the bigger picture is that this is part of a plan to try and haul La Liga up to Premier League levels of world wide popularity and as a consequence an equal financial footing.

TwigtheWonderkid

46,404 posts

166 months

Thursday 16th August 2018
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Ascayman said:
The day that happens to my club is the day football officially dies imo.
I don't have an issue with it. I don't think I'm a more important fan, just because I live not far from the home ground. We get 19 league games, cup matches etc . If one game is played in the Far East so my clubs fans out there can get to see OUR team play, then I'll get over it.

Ps. As an aside, there's a banner at the back of the stand at Griffin Park (Brentford) that says JAKARTA BEES. I've often wondered how big a group the Jakarta Bees are. And say if you live maybe 50 miles outside Jakarta, and you're a Brentford fan, can you join the Jakarta Bees. Or would they say "fk off mate, we're the Jakarta Bees. We don't want any old bloody Indonesian Brentford fan joining our ranks, Jakarta residents only."

V41LEY

2,981 posts

254 months

Sunday 19th August 2018
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This will eventually open up the Pandora’s Box of the often discussed World League. When you have foreign businessmen owning clubs and data proving fans aren’t necessary it’s a shoe-in.

Puggit

49,129 posts

264 months

Tuesday 21st August 2018
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Apparently 20 captains of La Liga are meeting tomorrow and will tell the league that the players refuse to play in the US

TwigtheWonderkid

46,404 posts

166 months

Wednesday 22nd August 2018
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Puggit said:
Apparently 20 captains of La Liga are meeting tomorrow and will tell the league that the players refuse to play in the US
And if they win and La Liga don't go, and Seria A or the Prem take their place in the US, the extra money made and the higher player wages on offer will mean those same players will want a move to the place where they can earn the most.

Reminds me of Roy Keane and his prawn sandwich brigade rant. Complaining about corporate boxes, overlooking the fact that they help pay his exorbitant wages.