Spain’s footballers union threatened on Wednesday to strike over controversial plans to play a La Liga match in the United States, blasting a decision based only on “money and business”.
“We are tired of these unilateral decisions that directly affect the players like this plan of playing outside Spain,” said David Aganzo, the president of the players union (AFE) after a meeting attended by a host of stars including Real Madrid’s Sergio Ramos and Barcelona’s Sergio Busquets.
Spain’s La Liga announced last Thursday that they planned to stage a match in North America as part of an expansion drive.
The teams and the venue were not disclosed but El Pais newspaper said the match would take place over the coming 2018-19 season and would probably feature either Barcelona or Real Madrid as one of the teams.
Aganzo said Wednesday that the AFE planned to meet La Liga chiefs in September to try and convince officials to give up on the plan.
If not, at the “end of…
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