{"id":1174044,"date":"2022-08-11T10:38:06","date_gmt":"2022-08-11T10:38:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/08\/11\/christensen-kessie-could-leave-barcelona-in-coming-days\/"},"modified":"2022-08-11T10:38:06","modified_gmt":"2022-08-11T10:38:06","slug":"christensen-kessie-could-leave-barcelona-in-coming-days","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/08\/11\/christensen-kessie-could-leave-barcelona-in-coming-days\/","title":{"rendered":"Christensen &#038; Kessie could leave Barcelona in coming days"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\">\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" class=\"entry-thumb\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/image_2022-08-11_080751846-696x392.png\"   alt=\"\" title=\"Andreas Christensen &#038; other new Barcelona signings aren't registered with La Liga \/ James Williamson - AMA\/GettyImages\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Andreas Christensen &#038; other new Barcelona signings aren&#8217;t registered with La Liga \/ James Williamson &#8211; AMA\/GettyImages<br \/>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Andreas Christensen and Franck Kessie could both leave Barcelona as free agents in the coming days if the club fails to register them before their La Liga opener against Rayo Vallecano on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>Bar\u00e7a picked up Christensen and Kessie on free transfers following their departures from Chelsea and AC Milan respectively at the end of last season.<\/p>\n<p>But the club\u2019s well-publicised ongoing financial difficulties mean that neither has yet been officially registered with La Liga. In what is becoming an alarming annual tradition, one that saw Lionel Messi forced to leave in 2021, Bar\u00e7a still need to create room within their strict salary cap.<\/p>\n<p>La Liga\u2019s rules ensures that teams are not allowed to spend beyond their means on player wages, essentially club revenue minus other operational costs and debt repayments. Bar\u00e7a\u2019s spending power under those regulations has been repeatedly slashed over the last few years.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/22191989129,1002554\/MGL\/mgl_ado_atunwa_300x250 --><\/p>\n<p>Unless Bar\u00e7a can cut costs or find additional revenue, they won\u2019t have the ability to register the contracts agreed with Christensen or Kessie. And\u00a0<em>ESPN<\/em>\u00a0has now reported each player would have the power to walk away if they are left unregistered.<\/p>\n<p>Deals for Robert Lewandowski, Raphinha and Jules Kounde also haven\u2019t been registered with La Liga, but they do not have the same freedom to leave because they didn\u2019t arrive as free agents. Bar\u00e7a have also not yet registered new contracts for Ousmane Dembele or Sergi Roberto.<\/p>\n<p>President Joan Laporta is said to remain optimistic that all seven deals will be registered in time, but it is expected that Bar\u00e7a would still seek talks with the Christensen and Kessie camps to avoid such a drastic parting of ways if the first deadline is missed. Bar\u00e7a ultimately still have until the transfer window closes in three week to officially register all new signings.<\/p>\n<p>Further players sales could assist, with Frenkie de Jong the subject of pursuits from Manchester United and Chelsea, uncertainty over Memphis Depay and fresh rumours about Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang potentially being offloaded.<\/p>\n<p>Even the \u20ac600m of revenue, offset by \u20ac150m spent, raised so far this summer by selling off sizeable stakes in future earnings from domestic television rights and in-house media, isn\u2019t thought to be enough to get everything registered now.<\/p>\n<p>At the end of last season, Bar\u00e7a\u2019s permitted La Liga spending was -\u20ac144m, a bizarre figure that highlights the scale of the worsening annual saga.<\/p>\n<p>            <!--  [embed]https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=videoseries[\/embed]<!--\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>--><\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"OVv1tHjU0iY\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Depleting Blood Bank: Blood scarcity causing increasing maternal mortality - Medics (10-8-22)\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/OVv1tHjU0iY?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Andreas Christensen &#038; other new Barcelona signings aren&#8217;t registered with La Liga \/ James Williamson &#8211; AMA\/GettyImages Andreas Christensen and Franck Kessie could both leave Barcelona as free agents in the coming days if the club fails to register them before their La Liga opener against Rayo Vallecano on Saturday. 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