Barcelona sporting director Mateu Alemany has held further talks with Ilaix Moriba’s representatives but no progress has been made.
Barcelona will play a pre-season friendly against RB Salzburg in Austria after cancelling a game against Beitar in Jerusalem which had been opposed by the APF (Palestine FA).
Barcelona has 35 athletes at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics competing in five different sports. Men’s first-team players Pedri, Eric Garcia and Oscar Mingueza are with the Spain squad.
Saul’s future at Atletico remains uncertain but talk of a move to Barcelona has cooled. His agent has also contacted Liverpool and Manchester United about the midfielder.