{"id":476048,"date":"2025-07-23T15:57:04","date_gmt":"2025-07-23T19:57:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/uncategorized\/barcelona-will-not-travel-to-japan-this-thursday-due-to-a-contractual-breach\/"},"modified":"2025-07-23T15:57:04","modified_gmt":"2025-07-23T19:57:04","slug":"barcelona-will-not-travel-to-japan-this-thursday-due-to-a-contractual-breach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/sports\/football\/barcelona-will-not-travel-to-japan-this-thursday-due-to-a-contractual-breach\/","title":{"rendered":"Barcelona will not travel to Japan this Thursday due to a contractual breach"},"content":{"rendered":"Barcelona (EFE).- FC Barcelona will not travel this Thursday to Japan, where this Sunday it was supposed to play against Vissel Kobe, due to &#8220;a serious breach of contract&#8221; by the promoter of the match, as announced this Wednesday by the Catalan club in a statement.\n\nHowever, the Blaugrana entity will consider readjusting the summer tour in South Korea, where it would have to play two more matches: FC Seoul (July 31) and Daegu (August 4).\n\nFC Barcelona assures that for this to happen, &#8220;certain conditions must be met by the promoter&#8221; and, &#8220;if they are met, the Club will travel to South Korea in the coming days.&#8221;\n\nThe club regrets &#8220;this incident&#8221;.\nIn any case, the Blaugrana club regrets &#8220;this incident&#8221;, as well as &#8220;the impact on the numerous community of Blaugrana fans in Japan&#8221;.\n\nAccording to information from the newspaper Sport, D-Drive, a company based in Seoul, is in charge of organizing Bar\u00e7a&#8217;s Asian tour. Its CEO is Ham Seul, who already worked with the Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) during the presidency of Luis Rubiales (2018-2023).\n\nRubiales was convicted in early 2025 of sexual assault after the trial held following the complaint for the non-consensual kiss given to the soccer player Jenni Hermoso -now a player for the Mexican Tigres UANL-, after the 2023 World Cup win by the Spanish women&#8217;s soccer team.\n\nAmong D-Drive&#8217;s executives, according to the same version, are the former director of the national team, Albert Luque, as head of the &#8216;tour project&#8217;, and the former professional tennis player Fernando Soler, who is also part of the management team.\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Barcelona (EFE).- FC Barcelona will not travel this Thursday to Japan, where this Sunday it was supposed to play against Vissel Kobe, due to &#8220;a serious breach of contract&#8221; by the promoter of the match, as announced this Wednesday by the Catalan club in a statement. 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