The La Liga deal to take its matches to the US will first see Barcelona face Girona in Miami, according to domestic media reports, (www.sportspromedia.com/)

According to Catalan daily, Sport, the tie-up between Spain's top league and US sports and Relevent Sports, the entertainment company owned by Stephen Ross, will see the teams head to Miami for a league fixture on 27th January, 2019 at the Hard Rock Stadium.

The 65,326-seater venue is home to the National Football League's (NFL) Miami Dolphins, also owned by Ross.

The report states that as the designated home team, 1,500 free flights will be made available to Girona season-ticket holders, with as €500 deposit to be handed down as confirmation of a ticket purchase, with a €600 alternative available with the additional cost going towards a hotel booking. The deposit is then returned after the trip.

One of the options apparently being offered is a flight into the United States that will leave Spain on the same day as the game, before returning to Girona immediately afterwards.

The reported compensation options for Girona fans who choose not to make the trip to Florida for the league match are extraordinary.

A further 5,000 free tickets will be given to the club by Barcelona for the two clubs' first clash of the season, at Barcelona's Nou Camp stadium on 23rd September. In addition, season-ticket holders who choose to accept the free ticket to the Nou Camp fixture rather than flying to the United States to watch the game will be handed a 20 per cent return on the price of their season tickets.

Those who choose neither to attend the away game in Barcelona nor the 'home' clash at the Hard Rock Stadium will receive close to 40 per cent of the cost of their season-tickets returned.