Barcelona in negotiations to play a friendly in the USA before Christmas

The hectic schedule has already created a ruckus at Barcelona. With a game almost every three days last month, the Catalans were pushed to the limit and lost several key players to injury in the process.

However, it appears that the already tight schedule will not stop Barcelona from adding friendlies to their calendar in the coming months.

Destination United States

SER (via SPORT) reveals that talks to play an exhibition match before the Christmas break in December area already taking place.

According to the outlet, Barcelona are in negotiations to play a friendly game in the United States of America in December.

Their opponent, in all likelihood, will be a Mexican club and the chances of facing Lionel Messi’s Inter Miami thus appear slim.

It will be a purely economic operation for the Blaugranas who, at the moment, can do with any extra pennies flying their way. After all, they have a lot of debt pending in the market in addition to the future signings they anticipate.

Xavi Hernandez and the rest of the coaching staff have been informed of the board’s intentions and back the plan. Not much is known as to how much revenue the game will bring in.

Not a novel idea

In recent years, Barcelona have played similar friendly fixtures mid or post-season several times to bring in much-needed funds. 

For starters, the Catalans played against Boca in Saudi Arabia in December 2021 in a game that ended 1-1. That fixture brought in €3 million to the club offices.

At the end of that season, the Blaugranas took on the A-League All Stars team in Australia to rake in a significant €5 million.

The most recent post-season friendly played by the team takes one back to the end of the 2022-23 campaign when Barcelona travelled to Japan to face Vissel Kobe in Andres Iniesta’s farewell game.

That night, once again, saw Joan Laporta’s side add €3 million to their coffers.