What does it mean for Barcelona to play La Liga in the United States, and why does De Jong object?

La Liga officially announced that the La Liga match between Villarreal and Barcelona at home will be held in Miami on December 20. It is expected that the two teams will each receive 5-6 million euros in revenue from this game.

However, Barcelona midfielder De Jong expressed his opinion in a recent interview: I understand the club's position. The team can increase revenue by playing games in the United States and expand its global brand influence, but I do not agree with this because it is not good for the players.

The Dutch midfielder is about to complete his contract extension with Barcelona and should make an official announcement this month. Expressing his attitude at this point may be to convey the signal to the locker room as the captain.

After all, Flick's Barcelona playing style has certain characteristics, and the team's physical requirements will be very high. Playing warm-up matches on the Asian tour in the summer may have had some impact on this season. In addition, there are not many new players in the new season, and the midfielder has been continuously affected by injuries, which has brought some troubles to the team's stability and performance.

This Barcelona team relies heavily on the midfielder, and the running requirements for the midfielder are very high. Under such circumstances, choosing to play a league game in the United States may further aggravate the physical crisis.

Especially the overseas La Liga game in Miami will be held on December 20, and then on January 8, the team will rush to Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, to play in the Spanish Super Cup. Traveling continuously in the Americas, Europe and Asia may have an adverse impact on the subsequent Champions League knockout rounds.

However, considering Barcelona's current economic situation, the income of 5-6 million euros will be very timely, and may even bring new aid in the winter window.

Because Camp Nou should be able to reach the opening standard of 45,000 people in the winter window, after it is put into use, the VIP stands can be activated, allowing Barcelona to return to 1:1 registration, bringing about the possibility of signings.

After all, if they don’t go to the United States to play La Liga, Barcelona, ​​which was originally the visiting team, will have almost no income. In previous seasons, the team would go to Africa to play commercial games before the winter break, just to get an appearance fee of about 2 million euros.

Although going to the United States is farther, the rewards will be more abundant, and it will also save you the trouble of traveling to Africa. Especially considering that Barcelona has far more fans in the United States than Villarreal, which is equivalent to Barcelona getting an extra home court advantage, and there are still many benefits inside and outside.

As players, they naturally hope for an easier schedule. After all, only by maintaining good condition can they win more victories. However, for Barcelona managers, the team has more things to consider. Generally speaking, it should be the most advantageous to go to the United States to play this La Liga game.

Of course, the premise of all this is that Barcelona can successfully win this "away" game and use the 5-6 million euros in income to buy a new defender. If it can be done, then Flick has the opportunity to bring more surprises to Barcelona.