Posted: 20:48, August 12, 2022 | Updated: 00:33, 13 August 2022
Barcelona have now registered all their new signings with La Liga’s bar one, just 24 hours before their first game of the season at home to Rayo Vallecano. Defender Jules Conte, who snubbed Chelsea to join Barca, is still not registered and the club will need to free up more wages in order to sign the French defender before the end of the month. But the club are happy with the result and are confident that Kunde, who is recovering from pubic surgery and may not have featured anyway, will be registered by September 1. There were concerns about Barcelona’s ability to land their big signings They have now managed to secure four of their new signings, including £50m signing Raphinha Barcelona sold an additional 24.5 percent of Barça Studios on Friday and when the Spanish League’s Financial Control department reviewed the details of the latest sale, they were able to confirm that Robert Lewandowski, Raphinha, Franck Kessie, Andreas Christensen could register. Sergio Roberto who signed a new contract this summer and Ousmane Dembele who re-signed for the club after becoming a free agent are also listed. Jaume Roures, the head of the Orpheus Media company which bought part of Barcelona’s in-house production company for 100 million on Friday, had said he was confident the club would now be able to field all its stars. French defender Jules Conte is the only new signing yet to register “I wouldn’t have interrupted my holiday if I didn’t make sure we could see all the best players (in the first game of the season),” said the Barcelona-backed businessman who helped president Joan Laporta put together his case to get the control. of the club last season. Barcelona are still working to bring in extra revenue before the end of August so they can sign up Kunte and complete the signing of Chelsea left-back Marcos Alonso. The focus on further pay cuts has so far focused on Sergio Busquets, Frenkie De Jong and Gerard Pique, but only Pique has had his salary adjusted to date.
