Final Up to date: February 02, 2023, 12:37 IST
LA Galaxy’s Julian Araujo (Twitter)
Mateu Alemany revealed {that a} “system error” brought on Barcelona to overlook the midnight deadline for Julian Araujo on the finish of the switch window
Barcelona missed out on signing Mexican proper again Julian Araujo as a result of it was 18 seconds late handing over his switch documentation.
Barcelona director of soccer Mateu Alemany mentioned Wednesday {that a} “system error” brought on the membership to overlook the midnight deadline on the finish of the switch window Tuesday.
Alemany mentioned the membership was speaking to FIFA to see if the switch might nonetheless be accomplished.
The 21-year-old Araujo was born in america and would switch from the Los Angeles Galaxy in Main League Soccer.
Alemany mentioned the membership deliberate to convey Araujo to be initially used at Barcelona’s “B” squad.
Nonetheless struggling to adjust to the Spanish league’s strict monetary fair-play guidelines, Barcelona didn’t make any additions to its squad on the switch window, but it surely was capable of give 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.
“He’s a participant who was coming to affix Barca Atletic, there was a little bit of confusion in that sense,” Barcelona sporting director Mateu Alemany informed Movistar on Wednesday.
“Principally we didn’t get there in time due to a pc error, we’re making an attempt to make clear what brought on it, and it’s probably it was the system that brought on it.
“Because it’s 18 seconds, I don’t know what FIFA will do.”
In addition to Bellerin’s departure, Barcelona bought ahead Memphis Depay to Atletico Madrid in January.
French aspect Paris Saint-Germain additionally had a deadline-day mortgage transfer fall by way of for Chelsea midfielder Hakim Ziyech, after the London aspect didn’t ship the required paperwork in time.
Barcelona lead La Liga on 50 factors, eight forward of Actual Madrid, who’ve performed a sport much less.
(With inputs from Companies)
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