Barcelona working to re-register Golden Boy within salary limit to avoid judicial issues

Onlookers have become well acquainted with Barcelona’s difficulties in registering players officially with La Liga, as monetary constraints have put the club in a bit of a pickle.

Now, with Barça nearing the end of the registration process for the entirety of the squad, the club is looking to add a safety net to Gavi’s contract.

Barcelona taking preemptive measures

Indeed, according to SPORT, Barcelona are working to re-register Gavi’s first-team contract within salary limits this summer.

This is because the teenage prodigy is currently registered as a result of a precautionary measure that Barça acquired from the courts.

In the middle of last season, Gavi was registered as a first-team player with the No. 6 shirt owing to the precautionary measure obtained from the court, but La Liga opposed the move.

Shortly after Gavi’s registration was completed, the precautionary measure was lifted in the middle of the previous season, forcing the player to revert to wearing the No. 30 kit and going back to his youth contract.

Back in June though Barcelona were once again able to secure a court order to register Gavi as a first-team member and handed him the No. 6 kit at the start of the new season.

But in order to avoid going through that same limbo again, Barcelona are taking no prisoners this time.

The Blaugrana are attempting to re-register Gavi inside the salary restrictions of this transfer market to avoid any judicial setback or complications later down the line.

Without having to wait for a judicial decision, the midfielder and the club would have the unambiguous assurance that Gavi will be a member of the Blaugrana first team.

The remaining registrations

Apart from Gavi, the likes of Inigo Martinez and Inaki Pena are next on the agenda with their registrations yet to be completed.

The pair have not yet featured in the squad lists due to Inigo’s injury status and Pena being a second-choice goalkeeper, but the report argues that Barcelona are working to integrate them soon.

Joao Cancelo, whose arrival is also deemed imminent, will be registered once Barça have some more breathing space in their wage bill.