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The Blaugrana get their Spanish top flight campaign underway against Rayo Vallecano at Camp Nou on August 13. This Sunday, at the same ground, they will also ...

Barca have been holding regular meetings with La Liga top brass for weeks to "evaluate the situation" it is said. "The documentation has already been sent and we are waiting for the response from the league. "We have done the job well and we believe that we meet all the requirements," Laporta said.

Barcelona have seven players unable to be registered for the new season despite president Joan Laporta's expressed confidence. Here's how they got here and ...

Indeed, Laporta is quoted in the Athletic as saying: “The message is one of optimism and confidence. And it’s a gambit that has involved mortgaging their future to salvage the present. In essence, the Spanish club has fallen on hard times and decided that spending their way out of it — in order to maintain elite-level sporting prospects and Champions League appearances — was the better option over fiscal discipline.

The Catalans claimed they had done enough for getting everyone signed up but it seems not to be the case.

Selling Frenkie de Jong and Memphis would get them to it. Joan Laporta said that Barcelona had done everything they needed to register their new signings and that the club had presented the documentation to La Liga. He seemed very confident, but he’s waiting for a response from the Spanish top flight. La Liga not allowing Barcelona to register new signings for now

The Frenkie de Jong saga will thankfully end one way or another in the next few weeks and United have been given another boost.

He also impressed in pre-season against Liverpool and they are one of the teams eyeing a move for the teenager, according to AS. According to Spanish outlet Sport, though, Barcelona have been told they must still sell players to ease their problems, with De Jong the most valuable player who could leave, and the wheels could be put in motion from next week. It is reported that Barca chief Joan Laporta was hopeful the recent sale of a percentage of the club's TV rights would ease their financial problems enough for them to be able to register their new players in time for the new La Liga season.

Barcelona have been told by La Liga they will need to activate a fourth 'economic lever' to register their summer signings and the club has also opened ...

If that isn’t the case, we are prepared to apply a fourth [economic] lever and we will do so.” All of the documentation has already been sent and we are waiting for a response from La Liga. Last summer, Pique took a salary cut to allow then-new signings Memphis Depay and Eric Garcia to be registered in a similar manner. Sources close to La Liga told The Athletic that Barcelona’s financial team were informed several days ago further steps would be required. This could mean player exits or salary reductions for players already registered to the club. They are also keen on adding Manchester City’s Bernardo Silva — if De Jong, who Chelsea are optimistic about signing, is sold.

Barcelona will reportedly have to sell players after La Liga blocked their attempts to register their new signings.

Although they are set to sell a further 24.5% of Barca Studios, they will need to sell players to be able to register their summer signings. Barcelona's attempts to register their summer signings have reportedly been rejected by La Liga. However, according to the Mirror, their attempts to register their new signings as well as new contracts for Ousmane Dembele and Sergi Roberto were rejected by La Liga on Friday.