Barcelona midfielder Frenkie de Jong has voiced his opposition to the announcement that the Catalan side's LaLiga game against Villarreal in December will be played in Miami.

LaLiga confirmed on Wednesday that the league fixture, supposed to be played at Villarreal's Estadio de la Cerámica, will be moved to the Hard Rock Stadium after UEFA's announcement earlier this week that they had reluctantly approved the request.

De Jong is against more travel being squeezed into a packed schedule, while he also understands complaints from opposition teams that it will distort the competition.

"I don't like it," he said at a news conference while on international duty with the Netherlands .

"I can understand the clubs financially, they will of course profit from it, and they can spread t

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