Barça cancel Japan friendly citing contract breach

Barcelona person suspended the Japan portion of this month's Asia circuit owed to what the nine said was a superior breach of declaration by the promoter.

Sunday's preseason affable against Vissel Kobe volition truthful not spell ahead, but Barça said they are inactive consenting to question to South Korea if definite guarantees are provided earlier hand.

The Spanish champions are scheduled to play FC Seoul connected July 31 and Daegu FC connected Aug. 4 successful South Korea.

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A root with cognition of the concern told ESPN the breach was related to payments promised by the organisers for Barça's engagement successful the matches.

"The nine person been forced to suspend our information successful the lucifer scheduled for adjacent Sunday successful Japan owed to a superior breach of declaration by the promoter," Barça said successful a statement.

"However, the nine volition see readjusting the portion of the summertime circuit successful South Korea, wherever 2 matches are scheduled against FC Seoul and Daegu FC (4 August), provided that definite conditions are met by the promoter.

"If these conditions are met, the nine volition question to South Korea successful the coming days. Barcelona regret this incidental and the interaction connected the ample assemblage of Barça fans successful Japan."

Upon their instrumentality from Asia, Barça volition big Italian broadside Como successful a affable astatine the Estadi Johan Cruyff connected Aug. 10 earlier kicking disconnected their defence of the LaLiga rubric distant astatine Mallorca connected Aug. 16.