The situation
Barcelona has finally registered Jules Koundé by way of article 92, which means that the directors of Barcelona have had to scratch their pockets and endorse to have achieved that LaLiga allows the French central defender to be a full-fledged player of the Blaugrana team. In fact, as AS has learned, the guarantors are the president himself, Joan Laporta, and the treasurer Ferran Olivé Xavi is happy: he will be able to make his debut this Sunday against Valladolid. The aforementioned article 92 states that“there is the option of increasing the enrollment capacity by anticipating the achievement of income or benefits or by applying a reduction in costs. It is a measure that has a strictly transitory nature, with the commitment on the part of the club to restore the previous situation during the same season. For this, guarantees must be provided through a cash deposit or bank guarantee, which must be provided by the shareholder or a third party outside the club, but never by the club itself. In this sense, if the restoration of the situation does not materialize, the guarantee will be recorded in the Club’s balance sheet as non-refundable equity, and LaLiga may apply these guarantees for the payment of debts due by the Club. In addition, there is a limited maximum amount that can be used under this rule: In other words, since there has not yet been any sale sufficient to make salary space for the defender (Aubameyang or Memphis), it is the club’s directors who put an amount from their own assets, which in this case is helped by certain minimal adaptations such as the departure of a player from the subsidiary or the transfer of Samuel Umtiti, which by themselves were not enough to be able to register Koundé.
Javier Thebes
Javier Tebas, president of LaLiga, has come out on his social networks to justify the solution that Barça has adopted to be able to register Koundé and about the rest of the Barça club’s registrations : “ Much has been written and said about the registration of Barcelona players, a lot of fake news (external auditors, )…, but LaLiga and its control body have not modified any previous decision, decisions that have been ratified by all the competent bodies”.