Current Barcelona manager Xavi was reportedly barred from boarding a plane to the United States with his team on Saturday due to previous visits to Iran during his football playing career, according to Spanish reports. The manager, who previously played for the Spanish team, visited Iran on a number of occasions during his time as a player for the Qatari club Al-Sadd from 2015 to 2019, which required for him to apply for a special permission to visit the United States, according to Spanish sports news website El Mundo Deportivo. Xavi will not travel with the team to the US. When Xavi was a pla…