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Bundesliga games abroad unlikely, but for how long?

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After the news that FIFA is set to allow domestic football leagues to play one game a season abroad, German football faces a familiar battle between tradition and growth. English newspaper The Guardian  exclusively reported that new FIFA proposals will allow domestic leagues to have one game a season hosted in a foreign country. The host country will reportedly be allowed to host a maximum of five games from other countries, with the US the favored target. "I think the German members would object to that and there would be mass protests in the stadium," Martin Endemann, head of policy at Football Supporters Europe , who advocate for fans on the continent, told DW. "Any football official who would try to do this would have a very, very hard time with those fans in the stadium as well as the members of the respective clubs." The discussion of playing domestic league games abroad is not new.…

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