Barcelona is hopeful that an attempt at the eleventh hour to register Marcus Rashford on time for their Laliga opener on Saturday will be successful.
But the Blaugrana clausage of Blaugrana is the latest problem to disturb the start of the Englishman in Catalonia.
After reporting on Wednesday that the LaLiga champions had taken drastic action to register the loan of Manchester and the new goalkeeper who signed Joan Garcia for their season opener, claimed Spanish outlet, such as on Thursday that the club had made some progress in their efforts.
Club captain Marc-Andre ter Stegen's willingness to sign the assessment of the medical committee of the League that his last injury will put him aside for the first five months of the campaign, Barca has enabled to guarantee the registration of Garcia for the full period and to put the case of Rashford for approval.
Rashford is supposed to have sacrificed 15 percent of his £ 315,000 salary a week to bring his dream to Barca.
He almost signed for the club in January, but La Liga insisted that the side sale was sold before they bought and when they did not have to load Ansu Fati, who has since moved to Monaco, the deal had to be put on hold.
The Spanish champions have spent too much on their wage account, which is limited by Laliga in accordance with the income of each club.
In an attempt to tackle too high expenses in other sports departments – and therefore to facilitate the salary situation – Barcelona managers have endangered their own personal wealth as part of a bank guarantee worth € 7 million (£ 6 million, $ 8.2 million), according to the athletic.
The Catalans also took the drastic action in December 2023 for the same reason.
Just like Rashford, recurring goalkeeper Wojciech Szczesny and defender Gerard Martin risk sitting on the sidelines until the winter transfer window opens in January.
Since 'report claims that although there is optimism about the situation of Rashford, it is unlikely that Szczesny and Martin will be registered on Saturday afternoon before the deadline.
After obtaining a season loan from the Spanish giants last month, Rashford will be happy to extend his stay after the end of the term.
And he had expected to show his talents in a completely renovated well -camp at the start of the campaign.
However, the club's £ 1.3 billion project has confronted with a series of delays, with the latest reports that make doubts about whether they can organize their September conflict against Valencia at the location.
Last month the club was forced to return plans to organize the Joan Gamper Trophy, an exhibition match that was held every year in August, in the renewed stadium of 105,000 seats due to a license problem.
It was the fourth major delay in the project after the club was unable to achieve earlier deadlines of November 2024 and February and May of this year.
According to Spanish outlet sport, the Blaugrana is confronted with another headache, with the revised return that looks 'increasingly unlikely' while they continue to wait to receive an occupancy permit from the city council.
The Council has previously stated that it cannot grant a license that they need to host the competition until the stadium work is fully completed.
Their report claims that the club could play the game in the Estadi Johan Cruyff, where Barca Athletic usually plays their luminaires.
Barca has organized home games in the Lluis Company Olympic Stadium during the two -year exile from their iconic house, but a return to the ground is not possible due to an event in the Arena that weekend.
The Spanish champions are reportedly still hopeful to make the deadline, but they have started drawing up alternative options in case they are forced to let their fans wait longer for returning.
Even as soon as it is opened again, the well-camp will be at a lower capacity, expected between 50,000 and 60,000, until the renovations are completed, which will probably be at the beginning of the 2026-27 campaign.
The completion of a new third level, a roof installation, interior spaces and development of the surrounding areas of the stadium must still be completed.
Head coach Hansi Flick could be Robert Lewandowski without a star -striker for Saturday's game against Mallorca. In the event that Rashford is not eligible, it will leave the German with only former Manchester City Vooruit Ferran Torres available to play in number nine position.