Barcelona fans in Miami could get to see them play a LaLiga game in December if the plans are approved by Uefa and Fifa

Where US sport leads, Europe usually follows. It’s not a hard and fast rule, but the success of North America’s top leagues in growing – and monetising – the popularity of the NFL and NBA means executives on this side of the pond are only too keen to borrow their playbooks.

Which brings us to something of a watershed moment in football: tomorrow’s meeting of Uefa’s executive committee in Tirana, Albania, where controversial proposals to take Spanish and Italian league games to far-flung lands will be discussed and possibly approved.

To recap, LaLiga wants to stage a fixture between Barcelona and Villarreal in Miami as soon as 20 December. The RFEF, Spain’s football ass

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