Barcelona boss Xavi Hernandez was not able to travel with his squad to start their pre-season tour of the United States on Saturday.
The Blaugrana jetted off to the US to start their 17-day tour of the nation which will involve multiple training sessions and pre-season friendly matches, but their boss has not been able to join them on their plane journey out due to a delay in documentation.
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, meaning that he needed to provide extra documentation to the US authorities to justify his reasons for so many visits to the Middle Eastern nation – due to its relations with the US.
