Ilkay Gundogan, Inigo Martínez and Oriol Romeu are the most high-profile names to arrive at Barcelona this summer – the rest are mainly B team players or those who came back from loans – but none of them has been registered with ten days until the start of Primera. There are currently only 13 names on the official website of the competition under the coat of arms of the Catalan team.Barcelona will announce tomorrow an operation that will solve all the registration problems, including the registration of 9 players.— @mundodeportivo pic.twitter.com/Hq7itcvQVE— Barça Universal (@BarcaUniversal) July 26, 2023 If Barcelona were to defend the title of Spanish champion today, Xavi could only count on Marc-Andre ter Stegen, Jules Kuonde, Eric Garcia, Andreas Christensen, Pedri, Gavi, Franck Kessie, Frenkie de Jong, Ferran Torres, Ansu Fati, Rafinha, Robert Lewandowski and Ousmane Dembele. Yes, that same Dembele who is about to leave in a few days while the Catalans are bracing for a bid from Saudi Arabia for Kessie in order to generate more cash.Leaving Las Vegas and leaving Barca: Ansu Fati dedicates the winner against Milan to DembeleThis is not the first time that Barcelona encountered this kind of problem. They were unable to register players due to outstanding financial obligations last summer as well, but the fact that there are only ten days left until the start of the Primera Division causes nervousness among the fans. Xavi plays the team through the preparatory matches as if the situation is regular. Joan Laporta assures that there is no room for panic and that the situation is under control, emphasizing that Barcelona’s priority in the upcoming season is to defend the title first and only then to concentrate on the Champions League trophy.Barca is close to selling more of the club’s media company to stay afloatCatalan media, however, referring to the local TV station Esport3, write that the complications arose due to the decision of the German investment fund to buy 16 per cent of the rights to Barcelona’s audio-video production Barca Studios. The club counted on 65,000,000 euros from that job, and that money was calculated in the feasibility plan that was presented to Primera’s management. Although the Camp Nou claim that the Germans have not withdrawn from the job, the fact is that there is no payment yet, and thus the ban on the registration of new players and those who have renewed their contracts – among them Ronald Araujo, Marcos Alonso, Sergio Roberto, Ignacy Peña is still valid.Boom, boom, boom! Barca make a statement El Clasico win on the US soilBefore the start of the national championship, Barcelona – in its strongest lineup – will play a friendly match with Tottenham on August 8, while the first round of Primera is scheduled for August 13. The Catalans will meet Getafe at 21:30 in the suburbs of Madrid. We have to wait and see in which lineup… If the Germans do not act soon, the problem should be solved by selling Dembele for 50,000,000 euros.##NAJAVA_MECA_7406137##
