The club will therefore be delighted to receive funds before summer. And these funds arrive from Asia.
In recent years, Barcelona has gone for the United States for preparing pre-season, often facing among the most prestigious teams in the world, including Real Madrid. But for 2025, the club changed its plans, mainly due to the holding of the Club World Cup in the United States.
Barcelona en route for Asia for pre-season 2025
Instead, Barcelona will return to Asia for the first time in several years, especially in Japan and South Korea, as Marca reports.
A lucrative detour by Asia
Barcelona is scheduled in Asia from July 21 to August 4, with three games to play during this period: one in Japan and two in South Korea. For these matches, the newspaper confirms that it will receive a minimum of 15 million euros.
It should be noted that Barça will take all its players from the first team to Japan and South Korea, since no player has international obligations. This means that supporters in these countries will be able to welcome players like Lamine Yamal, Pedri and Robert Lewandowski, many for the first time.
The money received by Barça for this pre-season program will be very beneficial for the return to the rule of 1-1 in liga, which will facilitate recruitments during the summer transfer window. It remains to be seen whether new recruits will join the rest of the Hansi Flick for the trip to East Asia, even if it would not be surprising that contracts were later concluded in the transfer window.
