Barcelona coach Xavi Hernandez was unable to travel with his team to their preparatory tour in the United States of America due to a problem with his passport.
The Catalan team will play 4 friendly matches during that round that ends at the end of this month, starting with Inter Miami, followed by the friendly Clasico against Real Madrid, then Juventus and finally New York Red Bulls.
And the newspaper “Mundo Deportivo” revealed that the reason for preventing Xavi from entering America was his visit to Iran more than once when he was a coach and player for the Qatari Al-Sadd, which makes him need a special permit to enter the country.
Barcelona officials are working to resolve the issue as soon as possible so that the coach can catch up with the mission over the next few days.