UEFA reluctantly approved the match<\/a> earlier in the week, and although FIFA\u2019s final say is not yet official, La Liga have made it clear that they do not expect any pushback, although that has not stopped criticism coming their way.<\/p>\n And one of those opposed to the USA fixture is someone that will likely be playing in it: Frenkie de Jong. As per MD<\/a>, he revealed to the media that he is very much against the decision to move the match to the United States, also stating that he believes it is a selfish decision made by Barcelona, Villarreal and La Liga.<\/p>\n \u201cI don\u2019t like that we are going to play there and I don\u2019t agree with this. It\u2019s not fair for the competition. I don\u2019t like it and I don\u2019t think it\u2019s good for the players. For the clubs it is to expand their brand worldwide. That\u2019s probably what it\u2019s all about. I understand the position, but I would not accept it and I do not share it. We always complain about the match schedule and the excess of travel.<\/p>\n \u201cThe clubs are going to get paid for this, but I don\u2019t agree with playing a league game in Miami. I understand that other clubs do not agree.\u201d<\/p>\n Ronald Koeman, former Barcelona and current Netherlands head coach, also chimed in during the same press conference, confirming that he is in agreement with de Jong.<\/p>\n \u201cIt doesn\u2019t make any sense. It\u2019s ridiculous. Frenkie\u00a0gives a good explanation. That\u2019s not fair.\u00a0Villarreal-FC Barcelona\u00a0is always a difficult away game for\u00a0Bar\u00e7a\u00a0and now they play it on neutral ground. There are more Barcelona fans in the stands than\u00a0Villarreal fans.\u00a0So it\u2019s not fair either.\u201d<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The post Frenkie de Jong opposes Barcelona match in the United States – “I would not accept it”<\/a> appeared first on Football Espa\u00f1a<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" On Wednesday, La Liga made it official that Villarreal and Barcelona will face each other at the Hard Rock Stadium in Miami, thus…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2411,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.piquant-burotic.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2881"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.piquant-burotic.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.piquant-burotic.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.piquant-burotic.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.piquant-burotic.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2881"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.piquant-burotic.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2881\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2884,"href":"http:\/\/www.piquant-burotic.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2881\/revisions\/2884"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.piquant-burotic.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2411"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.piquant-burotic.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2881"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.piquant-burotic.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2881"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.piquant-burotic.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2881"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"Frenkie](\"http:\/\/www.piquant-burotic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/fc-barcelona-v-villarreal-cf-la-liga-ea-sports-min-scaled.jpg\")
Ex-Barcelona manager Ronald Koeman in agreement<\/h2>\n