2025 Asian Tour: Bar\u00e7a’s itinerary in Japan and South Korea <\/a> <\/h4> <\/div> <\/section><\/div> The company D-DRIVE<\/strong>, led by its general manager, Seul Ham<\/strong>, promoter of the Asian tour of FC Barcelona<\/strong>, first wanted to clarify that the friendly match “was originally proposed by the Yasuda Group<\/strong>, main sponsor of Real Sociedad, and was to be co-organized locally in Japan.”<\/p> Yasuda’s non-payment, reason for the contractual breach with FC Barcelona<\/h2> It is there where the representative of D-DRIVE<\/strong> has tried to explain why they ended up incurring in a contractual breach with Barcelona<\/strong>: “D-Drive was scheduled to receive the full payment for the match today; however, the funds have not finally arrived,” she began by saying.<\/p> From that, the spokeswoman of D-DRIVE<\/strong> has pointed to the aforementioned Yasuda Group<\/strong> as largely responsible for this contractual breach with the cul\u00e9 team, which has generated great uncertainty around the general development of the tour<\/strong>:<\/p> “Instead, the Yasuda Group<\/strong> has repeatedly provided invalid and falsified documents, deceiving us by falsely claiming that the payment had already been transferred to Korea<\/strong>. We have obtained an audio recording of an employee of the Yasuda Group<\/strong> stating that their CEO ultimately did not send the money, which clearly confirms intentional fraud,” commented Ham<\/strong>.<\/p> Bar\u00e7a, backed by D-DRIVE: the cancellation was the right decision<\/h2> In her defense, the CEO of D-DRIVE<\/strong> acknowledged the correctness of the decision taken by the Catalan team in this case: “As a result of this fraudulent conduct, the public image of Rakuten<\/strong> has suffered significant damage. In light of these facts, FC Barcelona<\/strong> has made the correct and responsible decision to cancel the match in Japan<\/strong>.”<\/p> Likewise, Seul Ham<\/strong> remarked that the company she currently represents will not stand idly by in the face of this breach: “We will take legal action against the responsible Japanese entities to claim damages.”<\/p> D-DRIVE guarantees that the matches in Korea with Barcelona are still on<\/h2> As a positive note, the general manager of D-DRIVE<\/strong> has emphasized that the commitments agreed to be held in South Korea against FC Seoul<\/strong> (07\/31) and Daegu<\/strong> (08\/04) are not in question<\/strong>:<\/p> “Unlike Japan, in Korea, the promoter has fully prepared the matches and has covered all related costs.<\/strong> As of today, only flight expenses are pending. To our fans in Korea: please rest assured. D-Drive<\/strong> remains fully committed to making the rest of the tour a success. We will do everything possible to offer unforgettable matches. Thank you, Seul Ham<\/strong>,” concludes the statement.<\/p> The Asian tour of the Blaugrana club is still alive, despite the setback in Japan<\/h2> In short, the company D-DRIVE<\/strong> has directly blamed the Yasuda Group<\/strong> for the fact that the match between FC Barcelona<\/strong> and Vissel Kobe<\/strong> \u2014which marked the kickoff to the 2025\/26 cul\u00e9 preseason tour<\/a>\u2014 has not been carried out. However, it has called for calm regarding the dispute of the other matches against FC Seoul<\/strong> (07\/31) and Daegu<\/strong> (08\/04), which, pending the resolution of minor details, should be carried out without any inconvenience.<\/p> ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Seul Ham, CEO of D-DRIVE, detailed the reason for the suspended friendly in Japan and blamed a local partner The company in charge of organizing the already suspended friendly match between FC Barcelona and Vissel Kobe, D-DRIVE, which was scheduled to take place on July 27, has issued a statement to explain why the match […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":355,"featured_media":37239,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"_nextfly_llmd_date_locked":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[111],"tags":[367],"class_list":["post-37233","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-fc-barcelona","tag-preseason"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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