La Liga president Javier Tebas stated Wednesday that matches from Spain’s top flight will be staged overseas and is targeting the United States as the first destination from the 2025-26 season.
Tebas, in partnership with U.S. events promoter Relevent, was unsuccessful in 2018 in trying to arrange a league fixture between Barcelona and Girona in Miami. However, his bid to move some Spanish games overseas was encouraged earlier this April when FIFA backed out of a legal battle with Relevent; in the dispute, the governing body of world football argued domestic matches shouldn’t be staged outside home territory.
“I think it could be in the 2025-26 season, but La Liga will play official matches abroad,” La Liga president Tebas told Spanish newspaper Expansion, as reported by The Athletic’s Colin Millar.
