Barcelona has not yet completed the registration of Memphis Depay and Eric García for LaLiga, the latter organization announced in a statement. Barça believed they would complete the registration of Depay and García on Saturday thanks to the salary cut at Gerard Pique, but LaLiga is contradicting that for the time being.
Due to financial regulations in LaLiga, Barcelona, which had exceeded the salary cap, had great difficulty in getting the registration of new players through. Barça stated in a press release on Saturday that they had solved the problem, but LaLiga is now again sowing doubts. “Documentation of these entries has not yet been sent by Barcelona at the time of the press release, but only this afternoon after LaLiga informed the club of this fact,” said the organization, which oversees the two top leagues in Spain.
It cannot be ruled out that Depay and García will be given permission at the last minute to take action on Sunday. “The documentation is being examined by the LaLiga control body to verify that it complies with the rules,” the Spanish league organization said. LaLiga reports that Barcelona already signed Rey Manaj on Saturday. The 24-year-old attacker is being transferred from Barcelona B, which he has been playing for since January.
On Saturday afternoon, Barcelona said in a statement that thanks to an agreement with Pique, the registration problems would be solved. “Thanks to an agreement with the second captain for a significant pay cut,” said Barca. LaLiga demands that the salaries of the players and the technical staff do not exceed about seventy percent of a club’s turnover. As a result, Barcelona’s maximum salary cap is a sloppy 348 million euros, which is much less than last season’s 671 million. The corona pandemic has had a significant impact on Barcelona’s financial situation, even more than that of the other clubs.
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