Barcelona: La Liga reject attempts to register Lewandowski, Raphinha and other signings

Barcelona are in dire financial straits.

Football fans around the world have been acutely aware of the economic problems that have been brewing at Camp Nou for quite some time now, culminating in the exit of Lionel Messi against their wishes last summer.

However, amongst all the indications of Barcelona’s strife, everyone has been left bewildered that they have continued to fly in the face of it all by making serious moves in the summer transfer window.

Like, seriously, the Blaugrana have not only been one of the most active clubs this summer, but they’ve all been amongst the biggest spenders despite everything points towards them not being able to afford it.

And alas, it seems as though the Catalan giants once again have their backs against the wall in order to actually register the players that they’ve spent the last few months attracting to the club.

Naturally, supporters have just assumed that Barca will find a way as they did last summer with the likes of Sergio Aguero and Memphis Depay, but they received a crushing blow to their attempts on Friday.

As reported by Colin Millar of the Mirror, La Liga have rejected attempts for Barcelona to register five new signings: Robert Lewandowski, Raphinha, Jules Kounde, Franck Kessie and Andreas Christensen.

They have also been unable to register Ousmane Dembele and Sergi Roberto, due to the fact that they have signed contract renewals since the end of the last season, just eight days ahead of the league commencing.

The report goes on to explain: “Barca’s attempts to register their new contractual arrives failed on Friday – with La Liga blocking their attempts to log the deals on their system.”

More to follow…This is a breaking news article that is currently being updated.