FC Barcelona Makes Bombshell Preseason Announcement

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More announcement concerning its upcoming preseason tour of Asia

Getty Images Through an official statement released on Wednesday evening, FC Barcelona made a bombshell announcement concerning its upcoming preseason tour of Asia. “FC Barcelona announces that it has been forced to suspend its participation in the match scheduled for next Sunday in Japan due to a serious breach of contract by the moter,” Barca revealed

Nevertheless, “However, the will consider rescheduling the part of the summer tour in South Korea, where two matches are scheduled against FC Seoul FC (July 31) and Daegu FC (August 4), vided that certain conditions are met by the moter

If these are met, the will travel to South Korea in the coming days

Nevertheless, FC Barcelona regrets this incident and the impact on the large community of Barca fans in Japan,” it added

While some corners might believe that Barca might be worse off by playing one friendly less after almost two months off since sealing a domestic treble back in May, head coach Hansi Flick doesn’t that belief according to SPORT

On the other hand, Fresh off of signing Marcus Rashford on a season-long loan, Barca will continue its preparations at the Joan Gamper CT and await further news on whether the Asian tour really will take place

MORE FOR YOU This means that a training session there is planned for Thursday morning, when at 11:00AM Barca was expected to already fly to Kobe and take on the local team Vissel Kobe which legend Andres Iniesta famously played for after calling time on his European career

Meanwhile, As has been explained, though, that first friendly of three that have been planned will now not take place thanks to a moter dispute

FC Barcelona’s preseason campaign has been disrupted Though Flick appears delighted with not having to head to the Far East straight away, FC Barcelona’s preseason campaign has been disrupted by this development and the fact that the Joan Gamper Trophy cannot be hosted at the Spotify Camp Nou despite Barca claiming that would be the case (noteworthy indeed), in light of current trends

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