Barcelona boss Xavi Hernandez has excluded five players from the club’s pre-season tour of the United States as they have been instructed to find new clubs.
The Blaugrana are set to jet off to the US next week but Xavi has made decisions over the future of the quintet, who will play no part in the tour. It follows on from the club’s choice to allow central defender Clement Lenglet to join Tottenham on a season-long loan deal.
Barca have confirmed two summer arrivals into their first-team squad as Andreas Christensen and Franck Kessie – two deals that have been in place since March – have joined the club as free agents from Chelsea and Milan respectively, although they now need to slim down their squad in order to facilitate further arrivals into the club.
