Barcelona prioritising contract registration of four players before making new signings

Barcelona are in a very difficult situation at the moment. Despite the fact that they do have a clear roadmap in place, the execution of it is proving to be quite difficult for several reasons.

To begin with, before putting their heads into signing any player in the summer, the team is forced to wait to find out from La Liga whether they can actually bring in new faces or not, due to the Financial Fair Play issues.

Furthermore, according to Mundo Deportivo, the Blaugrana are prioritising the contract registrations of the likes of Gavi, Ronald Araujo, Marcos Alonso, and Sergi Roberto before looking to rope in new faces.

Interestingly enough, Barça managed to register Gavi on the last day of the winter transfer window after Barcelona Mercantile Court ordered a precautionary measure. 

However, it must be remembered that La Liga made an appeal against the ruling. If the judge dismisses that appeal, Barcelona will walk out of any problem. This means the team will not have to do anything for the midfielder’s registration.

In the other scenario, where La Liga wins the appeal, Barcelona will have to do a lot to adjust their salary margin further to comply with his registration.

As far as Araujo is concerned, he signed a new deal with Barcelona last April, but despite that, he is registered in La Liga with his old contract. MD says that both Barcelona and the player have set a deadline until August to get everything back on track.

Furthermore, Alonso and Roberto’s continuity has also been secured until 2024 by the team. But in order to get them registered in La Liga, the team must comply with the Financial Fair Play.

Once everything is done with regard to the registrations of Gavi, Araujo, Alonso and Roberto, only then Barcelona will look to bring in new players at Camp Nou in the summer.