Barcelona starts the tour in the US with De Jong and without Xavi

FC Barcelona has started its tour of the United States this Saturday, but has encountered an unexpected mishap.

His coach, Xavi Hernández, has not been able to take the plane to Miami with the rest of the team due to a bureaucratic problem.

According to the Barça club, "Xavi does not travel with the expedition for administrative and passport reasons", although it is expected that he will be able to do so "in the coming days".

But according to the newspaper

the coach has not been able to travel with the rest of the team because he needs special permission, which has not arrived on time, to enter the United States because he has visited Iran in recent years, a country that is an enemy of the administration. North American.

Without Xavi, Barcelona has set course for its American pre-season tour, in which it will play four friendly matches against Inter Miami, Real Madrid, Juventus and New York Red Bulls.

Barcelona announced the squad list for the trip, which includes 28 players, including Riqui Puig, Neto, Mingueza, Umtiti and Braithwite.

Xavi doesn't count on them for next year and their exclusion from the preseason is a clear message that they should look for a future with another team.

Among those chosen by the man from Terrassa for these preparation matches for the next campaign, the three signings made so far stand out, Kessié, Christensen and Raphinha, as well as Frenkie De Jong, despite the information that speaks of a possible departure, and Pjanic, who will try to convince Xavi to stay.

Like Xavi, who will join the team as soon as he solves his bureaucratic problems, Barcelona hopes that Robert Lewandowski can join the preseason in the USA as soon as possible.

The Barça club has not yet officially confirmed the signing of the Polish striker, but Bayern has announced that there is a verbal agreement and they take the scorer's arrival at the Camp Nou for granted.

The Barça team will open the preseason next Wednesday in the friendly against Inter Miami and the next match will be next Sunday, in the Clasico against Real Madrid to be held in Las Vegas.

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