NFL Santiago Bernabéu: Announcement imminent

An open secret to be confirmed this week: The NFL will play a regular season match at the Santiago Bernabéu in 2025. As AS learned, the agreement is complete and… It is scheduled to become official in the coming days in Las VegasThe Super Bowl will be played on Sunday between the San Francisco 49ers and the Kansas City Chiefs. Although the exact date of the announcement is not entirely clear, sources close to the negotiations indicate that Friday is the most likely day.

After a long period of rumors and negotiations. Major League Soccer relegation will be achieved at Real Madrid in the next few hoursThus, he fulfills another dream that the White Club had when redesigning its stadium. AS has already declared that Santiago Bernabéu won the match at the Metropolitan Stadium, since the debate took place between the two stadiums, which league members visited months ago. As NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell exclusively warned the media: “The chances of watching a match in Spain are high.”

The league once again had to choose between two options, in this case to host a regular season game in 2024: Brazil or Madrid. Finally, it was Sao Paulo, where the Corinthians Arena will become an international headquarters next year In addition to the Allianz Arena (Munich), Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, and Wembley (London). Additionally, it was learned Monday that the Philadelphia Eagles will be one of two teams visiting Brazil in the first week of the regular season. “This election has sent a telegram to the Bernabéu, which in 2025 will finish all the work still in progress. Given its location in the heart of the Spanish capital, The NFL plans to organize different types of events and activities at symbolic places in the city Throughout the week of the match, as he did in the rest of his international matches.

He also helped Madrid last December, The NFL's 32 franchises have agreed to move to play nine games overseas in 2025. (Eight plus one from the Jaguars, who are scheduled to play one in London), which is a significant increase from the five they will play next year.

Regarding the teams that will participate in the Bernabéu match, Logic says it should be the Miami Dolphins or Chicago Bears, the two franchises that chose Spain to exploit their marketing rights. Although the Bears have flirted more with this country (this week they are holding training camps), the Dolphins are in first place because they are the ones who have an extra home game in 2025, while Chicago has that in 2026. That's because Specifically, each team now plays 17 matches, instead of 16 in the past The long-term goal is for the distribution of each one to be eight at home, eight abroad, and one abroad. But, in the meantime, there are only a few who fight another duel in the house every year, which can be leveraged to do so outside of their usual fiefdom. An NFL relegation in Spain is more imminent than ever.