La Liga giants Barcelona have been forced to cancel their planned trip to Japan for a pre-season friendly meeting with Vissel Kobe.
As much was confirmed by the Blaugrana themselves over the last 24 hours.
Hansi Flick’s squad, for those not aware, were due to fly out to Japan on Thursday evening.
This came with a view to a meeting with the aforementioned Vissel Kobe on Sunday, after which Barca planned to make the trip to South Korea for a further pair of outings.
As alluded to above, however, at the last moment, the Camp Nou brass have been forced to alter the club’s plans.
As per a statement across Barcelona’s website and social media platforms, owing to ‘serious contractual breaches’ on the part of the tour’s promotor, the Spanish champions will not make the journey to Japan:
‘FC Barcelona announces that it has been obliged to suspend its participation in the game scheduled for next Sunday in Japan due to serious contractual breaches on behalf of the promotor. Nevertheless, the Club will consider readjusting the leg of the summer tour in South Korea, where two games are scheduled against FC Seoul (31 July) and Daegu FC (4 August), if certain conditions are met by the promotor. If these conditions are met, then the Club will travel to South Korea in the coming days. FC Barcelona regrets this incident and the impact it will have on the many, many Barça fans in Japan.’
Conor Laird – GSFN
