“La Liga is global entertainment and we want to grow [the league’s] international appeal,” Tebas told the Financial Times. Relevent Sports, a US-based promoter who founded the International Champions Cup (ICC) pre-season competition four years ago, is thought to have pitched the idea of overseas league games to several football leagues. Speaking at this week’s Soccerex event in Manchester, the Relevent chairman, Charlie Stillitano, said “the future is to do official [league] games in the US, China and other places”. Speaking in July, the Premier League chief executive, Richard Scudamore, said no plans were currently in place to stage league matches abroad. The NBA have held games at London’s O2 Arena, with Major League Baseball keen to follow suit.

Source: The Guardian September 08, 2017 09:45 UTC