Barcelona boss Xavi Hernandez will not take charge of his side’s first match of pre-season against Inter Miami after once again being denied entry into the United States.
The Barca boss travelled to Barcelona’s airport with his squad on Saturday but was not able to join his players on the flight to the US due to previous visits to Iran. That prompted the club to arrange for Xavi to jet out to join his squad on Tuesday but he has not yet been given the green light to travel to oversee the club’s training sessions.
Xavi has visited Iran three times in the last five years, due to his former association with Qatari club Al Sadd as both a player and coach. Due to Iran’s international relations with the United States, he was requested to provide additional documentation to justify his visits to the Middle Eastern nation.
