Barcelona given €3-4 million salary margin to register new full-back

After a long ordeal, Barcelona have finally been given the green light to register Jules Kounde in time for their next La Liga game against Real Valladolid. The Catalans have been scrambling to get the Frenchman’s registration complete and are set to be given the approval by La Liga.

Not only that, but Gerard Romero is now reporting that Barcelona have enough salary margin to register a new full-back, whose salary would be around €3-4 million per year.

It is no top secret that the Blaugrana are looking for two new full-backs, one each on the right and left flanks. They have identified several targets for the two positions.

Juan Foyth of Villarreal and Borussia Dortmund’s Thomas Meunier are at the top of the list for the right-back slot while Hector Bellerin is seen as a last resport option. The Blaugrana are looking at Chelsea veteran Marcos Alonso and Javi Galan of Celta Vigo for the left-back position.

As reported previously, Foyth would pocket a salary of around €3 million, while Bellerin would command €5 million per year. Alonso and Galan, meanwhile, would earn €3 million and €2 million, respectively.

So, apart from Bellerin, any three of the aforementioned quartet can fit into Barça’s wage bill without them violating La Liga’s Financial Fair Play rules.

However, Foyth could be an expensive option as Villarreal want his full €42 million release clause paid for him. Bellerin, meanwhile, could be available for a free transfer as he is in the final year of his contract, with Arsenal open to terminating it.

Talks are ongoing with Chelsea for Alonso, although the Blues want to include him in the deal for Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, leading to complications.

So, it will be interesting to see who the Catalans decide to bring and whether they can have enough room on the payroll for registering them.