New chapter in the Barcelona crisis: La Liga announced that it has not yet enabled the signings of Memphis Depay and Eric García

For the moment, Ronald Koeman will not be able to count on his reinforcements at the start of the LIga (EFE / Quique Garcia / Archive)

As if the output of Lionel Messi it was not enough, Barcelona a new problem has been added to him in the last hours. The Spanish League confirmed that so far it has not enabled the signings of Memphis Depay Y Eric García, the stars that the Catalan cast has added in this last European summer pass market. This complicates the coach’s plans Ronald Koeman ahead of the debut in the tournament, which is scheduled for this Sunday against the Real society at the Camp Nou.

In the morning, Barcelona had announced that it had been able to officially score its two reinforcements after Gerard Piqué accept a considerable reduction in his salary. The same happened with the Albanian King Manaj. This made it possible for all of them to be present from the start in the presentation of the team in the new season of the domestic competition. But as the day went by, something changed.

Through an official statement, The League assured that the Catalan club had not submitted the necessary papers to obtain the authorization of Memphis and García. “The documentation on these inscriptions had not been forwarded by FC Barcelona at the time of its public communication, but this afternoon, after LaLiga notified the club of this fact, ”explained the body that governs the Spanish tournament.

The statement of the Spanish League
The statement of the Spanish League

In that sense, he added: “The documentation is being reviewed by the Economic and Competition Control of LaLiga to verify that it complies with the required regulations ”. This implies that, At the moment, the reinforcements of the Blaugrana cast will not be able to participate in the team’s debut at the Camp Nou.

Memphis Depay He arrived with the pass in his possession from Olympique de Lyon and signed a contract until the end of the 2022/23 season. Also in free condition came Eric García, 25, with recent past at Manchester City.

To be able to count on their signings, Barcelona must drastically reduce its salary bill. After the agreement that was reached with Piqué, the club is committed to achieving an agreement of the same tone with two other of the four captains such as Sergio Busquets Y Jordi Alba. As reported by the Catalan entity, they are working “to reach a salary adjustment to the situation that the entity is currently experiencing” and they stressed that “the predisposition on the part of both players is total and absolute.”

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