Nine days before Barcelona open La Liga against Getafe, the team enters the competition with just 13 players registered.
This comes because the Catalan club and its president Joan Laporta are waiting to activate the new economic leverage, which provides for the sale of 16% of Barcelona’s studios for 60 million euros.
Spanish newspaper AS said the lever would allow Barcelona to register new signings on time before the start of LaLiga, but the most worrying issue is the story of German star Ilkay Gundoan.
The story of the crisis of registering the Gundogan deal in Barcelona
The player, who recently signed from Manchester City on a free transfer, must be registered in La Liga before August 12, and if not, his contract will be canceled and he will have until the 31st of the same month to find a new destination.
The news provokes a severe crisis within Barcelona because time is running out and the German fund responsible for the crane was about to activate it but has declined, according to the Spanish network “TV3”.
The network explained that Gunduan’s contract allows him to terminate his association with Barcelona if it is not officially registered before the first day of the league, which may happen due to stalled negotiations with the German company to buy the agreed part of the club’s image rights.
Barcelona are close to selling Ousmane Dembele to Paris Saint-Germain for €50 million, and if he receives the necessary payment before August 12, he will solve the Gundoane crisis.
