Joan Laporta, president of Barcelona, is convinced that they will be able to address Sterrente drawings Joan Garcia and Marcus Rashford for their La Liga debut against RCD Mallorca. The Blaugrana still has seven players who are not registered in their first game while things stand out.
Manager Hansi Flick admitted that he was not happy that the registrations had not been resolved for another season in Barcelona. It has been discussed when a certainty that Garcia will be registered after Marc-Andre Ter Stegen will be confirmed as an absence in the long term. In the meantime, the floor was that Rashford was less available.
While the Barcelona players probably rested their first game of the season, Laoprta was in the party mode, when he attended an evening with the Barcelona supporters clubs of the Balaerian Islands prior to the games. During the evening, Laporta spoke about the subject of player registrations, as quoted by Diario ALS.
“I have to tell you that I am almost convinced, almost convinced, that tomorrow, if Hansi wants to play, Joan Garcia and Rashford can play.”
“This is not a simple, easy job. It is a job that has one starting point: first from Barca and Vecht to the end. This is part of our competitive essence, and this allows us to be more than just a club.”
He would say that he believed that he was not only aware, but that this Barcelona was set up in the long term.
In theory, Barcelona should be able to activate the injury rule to register Garcia using a part of the salary limit space of Ter Stegen. Similarly, an extension for Jules Kounde, in which his contract can help them with their salary limit calculations, the sale of € 11 million of 50% of Francisca Trincao's rights to sporting CP, and the € 7 million bank guarantee of the board, must all be added to their salary limit Immachtelijk, if not already.
However, it would not be the first time that Barcelona got their calculations wrong, or informed that they could register players before they are. Last season, Dani Olmo and Pau Victor missed competitions due to registration problems, a theme of the last four summers of Barcelona.