
Barcelona are looking to prevent players from competing at Euro 2024 and the Olympics, in a bid to protect their squad from injuries.
The troubled Catalan outfit sit eight points behind Real Madrid in the league, with incumbent boss Xavi Hernandez already confirmed to be leaving at the end of the season. While they're technically not out of the title race and one of the stronger competitors on their side of the Champions League draw, Barça have been widely labelled as in the midst of a crisis at current.