Barcelona Wins Court Case Against La Liga After Body Denied Club’s Request to Register Gavi

Barcelona Wins Court Case Against La Liga After Body Denied Club’s Request to Register Gavi

Chukwu Ikechukwu
updated at April 12, 2023 at 8:24 PM
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  • The commercial court in Spain has forced La Liga to register Gavi’s new contract with the Barcelona senior team
  • Barcelona took the league to a commercial court after La Liga denied the Catalan club’s request to register Gavi to the first-team
  • Gavi is already one of the most important players for Barcelona as the 18-year-old has played 18 games in La Liga

Barcelona has gotten victory over La Liga in court following the ongoing tussle over the registration of 18-year-old midfielder Gavi.

The Catalan giants had dragged the league body to a commercial court after La Liga denied their request to register Gavi to the club’s first team because of their ‘expected’ monetary deficit for the summer.

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La Liga had prevented Barcelona from registering Gavi in the Catalan club's first team due to the club's huge deficit. Photo by Alex Caparros
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According to Barca Universal, Barcelona can now register Gavi in its first team after winning the legal battle against La Liga following the judge’s ruling on Tuesday, January 31.

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However, La Liga has the right to appeal the judge's decision, which might further stall Barcelona's case to register Gavi who has become a key player under Xavi.

Gavi’s new Barcelona contract will likely include a €1billion release clause as the Catalan giants hope to tie down the 18-year-old to a long contract at Camp Nou.

La Liga president reveals Barcelona’s deficit

Meanwhile, La Liga president, Javier Tebas has stated that Barcelona is not complying with the financial fair play regulations which is shown in the club’s deficit, Football Espana reports.

Tebas disclosed that Barcelona’s expected deficit for next season will cross €200million and has advised the Catalan club to reduce its wage bill.

Barcelona will face transfer limitations since they will only be able to spend 40 percent of the money they bring in through sales or save on new transfers or contracts if they reject Tebas' advice.

Pavard wants summer move to Barcelona

Earlier, Sports Brief reported after sealing the deal for Poland striker Robert Lewandowski, Barcelona could be set to snap up another Bayern Munich top player in the summer.

La Blaugrana who have been keen admirers of Benjamin Pavard could be set to sign the French defender who is eager to dump the Bundesliga club.

Pavard has reportedly already decided he wants to leave Bayern Munich at the end of the season and move to Barcelona in the summer.

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Chukwu Ikechukwu
Chukwu Ikechukwu Godwin is a journalist with over 9 years of experience in the Nigerian media industry. He has worked both in Radio (Today FM, Rhythm FM, Wish FM) and Television (Silverbird TV) as a Sports Analyst..
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