Barcelona new signing ‘highly unlikely’ to be registered in time for Mallorca game

FC Barcelona will begin the defence of their La Liga crown on Saturday evening when they take on RCD Mallorca away at Son Moix.

Leading up to the match, all the talk surrounding the Blaugrana is regarding their registration situation as none of the new signings – Joan Garcia, Roony Bardghji, and Marcus Rashford – have been registered yet.

Wojciech Szczesny, who signed a new contract this summer after his previous one expired, has also not been registered.

As reported earlier today, Barcelona are working to register Garcia as a priority, making use of Marc-Andre ter Stegen’s injury, and expect to get it over the line before tonight.

Rashford’s registration unlikely

However, according to journalist Alfredo Martinez, as things stand, it is ‘highly unlikely’ that Barcelona will be able to register Marcus Rashford in time for the game against Mallorca.

The Blaugrana have freed up salary space this summer, while Ter Stegen’s situation has also been a major help with regard to player registrations.

However, considering that the club is still not at the 1:1 Fair Play rule, they are unable to utilise every euro generated through sales or saved through wages to register the new signings.

There had been talk of Barcelona presenting a financial guarantee of around €7 million to secure the registration of Rashford – similar to what they had done with Jules Kounde back in 2022.

However, as per the aforementioned outlet, for now, it does not appear likely that the Manchester United loanee will be registered in time to face Mallorca tomorrow in the La Liga opener.

With Robert Lewandowski unavailable through injury, Hansi Flick is light on options in the No. 9 position. As such, having Rashford fit and available would have been a big boost.

But, at the moment, the likelihood of that appears slim, in which case, the Barcelona manager will have to rely on Ferran Torres and possibly Dani Olmo in the centre-forward role.