Spain's Professional Footballers' Association (AFE) opposes taking Barcelona's league fixture against Villarreal to Miami in December. The captains of all 20 LaLiga clubs met to discuss the RFEF's request to submit the match for UEFA and FIFA authorisation. AFE requested a detailed report from LaLiga to inform players and gather opinions, but received only information about the authorisation progress. AFE described the project as initiated without proper player consultation and disrespectful, citing sporting changes and international travel implications for players as workers. LaLiga has sought to stage an overseas league game since 2018, and the RFEF has pursued authorisation.
"Backed by the captains of the LaLiga clubs, AFE opposes playing a league game outside of Spain," the syndicate said in a statement.
"The captains of every team met on Thursday to discuss the request, as announced by the Spanish Football Federation [RFEF] earlier in August, for a game to be played outside of the country, which was submitted to UEFA and FIFA."
"AFE requested a detailed report from the league in order to inform the players of the situation and hear their opinions. In its response, the league only informed us of the progress of the authorisation process."
"In view of this situation, given the lack of dialogue and information provided, the initiation of a project promoted by LaLiga and approved without any information by the RFEF is disrespectful to the players, as it involves changes at a sporting level in addition to travel outside the country as workers within the framework of a domestic league."
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