La Liga President, Javier Tebas, has insisted that league matches will be played abroad with his aim for games to be staged in the United States from the 2025-26 season.
The possibility of playing domestic league fixtures abroad has increased after FIFA was dropped from a landmark lawsuit by the U.S. events promoter, Relevent, who in 2018 were denied in their attempts to take a fixture between Girona and Barcelona in La Liga to Miami.
Relevent, which was founded by Miami Dolphins owner, Stephen Ross, had accused FIFA’s directive, issued in 2018, of guiding domestic games played in their home territory as acting as a monopoly and preventing fair competition.
FIFA and Relevent settled on their case without prejudice earlier this month, meaning Relevent reserve the right to reopen their litigation should FIFA not come up with a satisfactory reconsideration of their position.
La Liga president Tebas told Spanish media, “I think it could be in the 2025-26 season, but La Liga will play official matches abroad.
“An official match in the U.S. will strengthen our position in the North American market, which is the second market for La Liga after Spain.”
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Tebas pointed out that other major leagues were also trying to move domestic fixtures abroad: “Other very competitive leagues are coming so we cannot always do the same thing, but we cannot allow them to overtake us.”
In other related news, Tebas also added that La Liga had no plans to introduce goal-line technology following a ‘ghost goal’ from Barcelona’s Lamine Yamal in Real Madrid’s victory in Sunday night’s El Clasico.
Yamal’s shot sparked wild debates as it was adjudged not to have crossed the goal line, with VAR officials unable to conclusively determine that the ball had gone in from the replays available.
