TOTTENHAM, AC MILAN And ROME, THE RIVALS
The Barcelona confirms turns it of pre-season 2018 by U.S.
Published:16/04/2018 - 19:57h
Updated:17/04/2018 - 01:44h
The FC Barcelona has confirmed this Monday, after the ordinary meeting of the managerial board, that this summer the group culé will participate again in turns it North American, as it comes doing during the last years. It will measure to Tottenham, Rome and AC Milan
Although it still is missing to finish the season 2017-18 to the big with a possible 'doublet' of LaLiga Santander and Glass of Rey, the FC Barcelona already is scheduling the next campaign 2018-19. With the World-wide of by half and some high and drops for confirming, prepare to the detail the pre-season has turned into an aim for the technicians and the managerial board.
To fault to confirm dates and concrete hours, what already knows is that the FC Barcelona will participate once again in turns it North American, playing against teams of big competitive level between which will not find the Real Madrid, like the past year, and neither the Juventus of Turín. Tottenham, AC Milan and Rome will be the rivals of the Barcelona, by what the culés will be able to 'avenge' of the elimination in quarter-finals of the present edition of the Champions League, that still escuece.
The spokesman of the club, Josep Live, has announced that there will be three parties the days 28 and 31 July and on 4 August, but without confirming the places and the rivals. It will do it the International Champions Cup this Tuesday (16 Spanish hour), although the 'planning' initial, as 'MD', would be to measure in Los Angeles to the Tottenham (28 July), in Dallas against the Milan (31 July) and in San Francisco in front of the Rome (4 August).
Later, it would return to Barcelona to continue there the preparation with the dispute of the Trophy Joan Gamper, culminating like this the preparation before the possible clashes of the Supercopa of Spain. The spokesman of the Barça, Josep Live, has remembered that United States "is one of the 10 strategic territories of the club where the current dynamics allows to attain more followers in a market where grows the football".
Strategic decision of the FC Barcelona
It has added, besides, that "there will be also a visit to the central headquarters of Nike in Oregon and of the headquarters of Rakuten in EE.UU, and contacts with partners strategic of future in the coast West, where there is a big capacity of growth". What desconoce by the moment is how many million euros ingresará the Barça. "I can not give this figure by subjects of confidentiality, but yes in a future as it is used to to do the club".
In any case, the pre-season of the FC Barcelona in United States could have several drops, in concrete the ones of the players that arrive like minimum until the semifinals of the World-wide of Russia 2018. In function of how go advancing the tournament for the culés, will value who has to direct to America or return to the City Condal.
Japan will have to expect for the Barça
Although alternative like preparing friendly by Europe or one turns by Japan -pending in the agreement with Rakuten- also were on the table, seems that the economic questions and of market have finish imposing in the final decision of the club. According to several informations, this yes, the pre-season by the Asian country could be a reality in 2019, a year afterwards.
