Xavi only has 13 players for his league debut

Published:3/08/2023 - 00:19h

Updated:3/08/2023 - 00:19h

Two weeks before the start of LaLiga, FC Barcelona still has only 13 players registered in LaLiga. The departures of Dembélé and Kessié can lower that amount to 11, but their transfers will allow the rest of the first team to register

The month of August has begun without that the FC Barcelona close new registrations in the official payroll of LaLiga for the season 2023/24 that begins, officially, the Friday 11 August. To little more than two weeks for the debut in front of the Getafe in the Coliseum Alfonso Pérez (the Sunday 13), Xavi Hernández follows having only 13 available players, including to Ousmane Dembélé and Franck Kessié, two footballers that have to go out in brief.

In this sense, the directive trusts that the traspaso of both will free sufficient margin salarial to inscribe to the rest of the staff and the three reinforcements fichados until the moment (Iñigo Martínez, Ílkay Gündogan and Oriol Romeu). However, the situation generates worry in the technical body, since two of the new players culés (Iñigo and Gündo) left clear when signing that, if LaLiga began without being inscribed, would negotiate his course to another club.

The players that the Barça has attained to inscribe up to now

In addition to Kessié and Dembélé, the Barça has inscribed to Marc-André ter Stegen, Jules Koundé, Eric García, Andreas Christensen, Pedri González, Gavi, Frenkie of Jong, Ferran Torres, Ansu Fati, Raphinha and Robert Lewandowski. Between the 'titularísimos' follow was Ronald Araújo and Alejandro Balde, two pending players of the 'ok' of LaLiga to his respective renewals, to the equal that Marcos Alonso.

If the tournament began today, Xavi could range a XI very competitive, but would not have available changes to the descartar to Franck and Ousmane. In addition to the three reinforcements, follow out of the staff appoint like Iñaki Crag and Sergi Roberto, together with Ez Abde (if it remains ) and the 'descartes' confirmed, Sergiño Dest and Clément Lenglet. In total, the Barça explains in this moment with 24 footballers in the first team, that can be 20 after resolving the pending exits.

The directive keeps the calm in spite of the haste

By the moments, the directive keeps the tranquility and trusts that, once close the traspasos of Kessié and Dembélé (the club would perceive around 50 million euros by both), no only will be able to unblock the pending registrations, but also the signing of a pair of reinforcements more. The priority aims to Joao Cancel and Iván Fresneda, although also it looks for incorporate another forward that cover the drop of 'Dembouz'.