Barcelona President Joan Laporta Promises Xavi That New Signings Will Be Registered Before Season Starts

Barcelona President Joan Laporta Promises Xavi That New Signings Will Be Registered Before Season Starts

Byron Pillay
updated at April 12, 2023 at 8:08 PM
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  • Barcelona are yet to register any of their new signings ahead of the start of the new season this coming weekend
  • President Joan Laporta has promised Xavi that the new players will be registered before the club's first game
  • Barcelona have also been linked with Marcos Alonso and Bernardo Silva, despite not registering their other players

Barcelona will begin their La Liga campaign against Rayo Vallecano on Saturday, but no one is sure what the team will look like.

Barcelona are yet to register their new signings with La Liga and won’t be able to field them if they aren’t registered before Saturday’s fixture.

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Barcelona President Joan Laporta Phas promised coach Xavi that the club's new signings will be registered before the first game. Image: Omar Vega/Jose Breton
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With the pressure on to compete with Real Madrid this season, the Blaugrana brought in Franck Kessie, Andreas Christensen, Raphinha, Robert Lewandowski, and Jules Koundé during the current transfer window and also re-signed Ousmane Dembélé and Sergi Roberto to new contracts.

As Barca Universal reported, Club President Joan Laporta promised Xavi that the players will be registered before the weekend’s fixture.

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Barcelona have reportedly submitted all the required documents and are only awaiting the finalisation of the process. Laporta has therefore asked Xavi to prepare his team for the weekend, including the five new signings.

The club expects the process to be finalised tomorrow morning (Friday, August 12) or Saturday at the latest. Despite not officially registering their new players yet, Barcelona are already trying to sign more players.

As reported by GiveMeSport, the Spanish side were closing in on the signature of Marcos Alonso. Manchester City’s Bernardo Silva is also rumoured to be closing in on a move to Camp Nou.

Andreas Christensen and Franck Kessie could leave Barcelona before playing a competitive game for the team

Andreas Christensen and Franck Kessie could both leave Barcelona before they even play a competitive game for the Blaugrana.

The duo were both brought into the club on free transfers but have yet to be registered with LaLiga.

ESPN confirmed that if both players are not registered before Barcelona’s first game against Rayo Vallecano, they could leave as free agents.

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Byron Pillay is a sports writer and Head of the Department at Sports Brief (joined in 2022) with over 10 years of experience in community journalism and a degree in journalism from Caxton's Cadet School.
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