Barcelona was very busy for 24 hours, but in the end they managed to register Joan Garcia and Marcus Rashford. Both players are now in the books of La Liga and they will be able to be confronted opposite Mallorca on Saturday evening.
Joan Laporta, president of Barcelona, made it clear on Friday that the club could get the registrations of Garcia and Rashford over the line, and that has now happened. And when responding to the good news, he paid tribute to sports director Deco, according to MD.
“I said it last night that Deco worked very well on this issue and that we were convinced that we could count on both players today. We must congratulate Deco on this situation, which has not been easy.
“We counted on reducing the team and we found solutions to register the two signing sessions. Then we will continue to work because other players are missing and we are confident to be able to register them.”
Laporta also participated in the growing criticism of the financial rules of La Liga, where a number of clubs had difficulty registering new signing sessions prior to the opening day of this weekend.
“All clubs are the same. It is very complicated and we have to find solutions to make it more practical. We are happy because we have understood La Liga well and we have followed the processes well, which are lived with a certain expectation. It is true that the rules must be complied with, but they are very complicated.”
The hard work has not yet been done for Barcelona. Although they have succeeded in registering Garcia and Rashford, they still have to pick up the situations of Wojciech Szczesny, Gerard Martin and Roony Bardghji – all three players cannot be confronted with Mallorca because they are not registered.