Barcelona missed out on signing Mexican proper again Julian Araújo as a result of his switch doc was 18 seconds late.
Barcelona’s director of soccer, Mateu Alemani, mentioned on Wednesday {that a} “system error” induced the membership to overlook the midnight deadline on the finish of the switch window on Tuesday.
Alemany mentioned the membership is speaking to FIFA about whether or not the switch can nonetheless be accomplished.
The 21-year-old Araujo was born within the United States and can transfer to Major League Soccer from the Los Angeles Galaxy.
Alemani mentioned that the membership initially deliberate to make use of Araujo in Barcelona’s “B” squad.
Still struggling to adjust to the Spanish league’s strict monetary fair-play guidelines, Barcelona didn’t make any extra additions to their squad over the switch window, however have been capable of supply younger star Gavi a first-team contract.
The Catalan membership cleared some wage cap room with the retirement of veteran defender Gerard Pique and the departures of ahead Memphis Depay to Atletico Madrid and defender Hector Bellerin to Sporting Lisbon.
“The three departures have provided us with significant economic savings,” Alemani advised Movistar.
With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
