Key week for Barca registrations: five players still in limbo

Barcelona face Daegu on Monday in their final match of their Asian tour, with their minds already set on Sunday's Gamper Trophy and the start of La Liga. Despite this, the focus of the Barca team is not currently on the pitch, but rather on the offices, which are buzzing with activity at this time of year.

With August already underway, despite the efforts of recent weeks, Aristides Maillol's organisation have still not resolved the issue of the registration of some of their players. Specifically, there are five players who remain in limbo: Marcus Rashford, Joan Garcia, Roony Bardghji, Wojciech Szczesny and Gerard Martin. Three new additions from this summer and two renewals.

However, although time is running out and the start of La Liga is fast approaching, calm seems to reign in Barcelona on a Monday that looks set to be the start of some momentous days in this regard. According to 'Sport' and 'Mundo Deportivo', Barcelona hope to resolve these pending cases this week.

The information indicates that the club's objective is for all players to be registered before the Gamper match against Como. Furthermore, the club seems certain that the registration of Joan Garcia, the team's main signing this summer, is a done deal and that no financial manoeuvring will be necessary to achieve this.

Furthermore, according to 'Sport', Barcelona are working hard to secure a shirt number for Rashford and Szczesny without having to use Ter Stegen's release (with the possible saving of 80% of his salary in terms of financial fair play), as was done last season with Christensen to register Dani Olmo and Pau Victor.