Trouble mounts for FC Barcelona as Ilkay Gundogan among several players yet to be registered with La Liga
Midfielder Ilkay Gundogan is among several Barcelona players who have yet to be registered with LaLiga due to the club's breach of Financial Fair Play (FFP) rules, raising doubts about their participation in Sunday's season opener against Getafe.
Other than former Manchester City captain Gundogan, who joined on a free transfer in June, new signings Inigo Martinez, Ilkay Gundogan and Oriol Romeu have also not been registered.
Players such as Ronald Araujo, Marcos Alonso, Sergi Roberto and Inaki Pena, who signed new contracts, also remain unregistered. That means the LaLiga champions have only 12 players available for their season debut.
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Barca experienced the same situation last season, when they were blocked by the strict LaLiga financial regulations to register new signings such as Robert Lewandowski, Franck Kessie, Andreas Christensen and Raphinha. They were eventually registered on the eve of Barca's season opener after the club triggered a last minute economic operation.
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Defender Jules Kounde, however, ended up missing several games as his formalities were not completed until the end of August.
Clubs have to meet LaLiga's salary cap to register new signings as well as those who sign contract renewals.
Last year, Barcelona resorted to selling club assets as «economic levers» to create the margin they needed with LaLiga, as their debts totalled 1.35 billion Euros ($1.49 billion).
They will not be able to play at Camp Nou for the next few seasons after agreeing a financing deal worth 1.45 billion euros to renovate the iconic but outdated stadium.
The 100,000-seater venue was the club's biggest source of income and
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