Barcelona in Race Against Time to Register Jules Kounde As Catalan Club Need to Raise €20 Million

• Barcelona managed to register four of their five new signings in time for their La Liga opener against Real Sociedad but had to make do without Jules Kounde
• Kounde is still unregistered with the league authorities with just 4 days to Barcelona’s second La Liga game against Real Sociedad
• Kounde joined Barcelona this summer alongside Lewandowski, Kessie, Raphinha, and Christensen but is the only player yet to be registered by the club

Jules Kounde could be set to miss consecutive La Liga games for Barcelona as there are fears the French defender will not be registered on time before the Real Sociedad game.

Kounde missed out on the Rayo Vallecano game after the Catalans failed to register him alongside the club’s other summer signings for Barca’s first league game.

According to Barca Universal, Barcelona needs at least €20 million to successfully register Kounde with La Liga with the club vice president, Rafa Yuste confident the registration would be taken care of by the end of the week.

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The Catalan giants will need to reduce their wage bill and Memphis Depay's impending exit could be somewhat beneficial because it would release the share of his earnings, even if he transfers for free.

Late last Friday, Barcelona was able to register 4 of its 5 summer signings, with the additions of Franck Kessie, Andreas Christensen, Raphinha, and Robert Lewandowski officially confirmed.

Barcelona wants Depay to make some financial concessions before he leaves

Meanwhile, Barcelona want Memphis Depay to make some financial concessions before he leaves the Camp Nou to join up with Juventus.

According to Juve FC, Juventus is closing in on adding the Dutch winger to their squad in this transfer window, but the attacker is struggling to free himself from his contract at Barcelona.

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Depay has asked Barcelona to terminate his contract so he can move to the Allianz Stadium after falling down the pecking order with the arrival of Lewandowski.

Kounde misses out as Barcelona register 4 new summer signings

Earlier, Sports Brief reported Spanish giants FC Barcelona have finally succeeded in registering four of their five summer signings with La Liga.

The Blaugrana completed the signings of Robert Lewandowski, Raphinha, Andreas Christensen, Jules Kounde and Franck Kessie in the summer transfer window.

The Catalan giants were able to register all their new summer signings except for French defender Kounde who is currently recovering from injury.