Barcelona registered four new players ahead of Rayo match

A sigh of relief at the Nou Camp. Joan Laporta pulled another ‘ace’ up his sleeve, all with the intention of making Barcelona as competitive as possible in the upcoming season. Once again, the first man of the Catalan club made a radical move, gave up another part of future income and managed to register this year's reinforcements. Well, all but one - Jules Kounde. Xavi was smiling at the premiere of the new season, and he will have a much stronger team than the one he had this morning since Barcelona registered four out of five newcomers, including Sergio Roberto and Ousmane Dembele, with whom they renewed contracts.

It means that the talented Catalan expert will have Robert Lewandowski, Franck Kessie, Andreas Christensen and Raphinha available for today's match at the Nou Camp against Rayo Vallecano, in addition to the mentioned duo who have been at the club for some time. Because there was no place for all of them and the Catalans had to "sacrifice" one, Jules Kounde was the one who remained unregistered, and since the recent stopper of Sevilla is not yet ready due to a recent injury, the choice fell on him.

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So, the Frenchman will have to wait a little longer, until one of his teammates agrees to a salary reduction or Barcelona gets rid of one of them in the meantime. The unwanted list is long and includes Samuel Umtiti, Martin Braithwaite, Sergio Dest, Frenkie de Jong, and the departures of Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and Memphis Depay, whose transfers are being worked on by Chelsea, Tottenham and Juventus, should not be excluded.

Friday

Osasuna - Sevilla 2-1 (1-1)

/Avila 9, Aimar 74 pen - Mir 11/

Saturday

18.00: (1.95) Celta (3.50) Espanyol (4.40)

20.00: (4.10) Valladolid (3.50) Villareal (2.00)

22.00: (1.20) Barcelona (7.75) Rayo Vallecano (16.0)

Sunday

18.30: (3.60) Cadiz (3.15) Sociedad (2.30)

20.30: (1.90) Valencia (3.50) Girona (4.60)

23.00: (8.50) Almeria (4.80) Real Madrid (1.42)

Monday

18.30: (1.65) Ath.Bilbao (3.60) Mallorca (6.75)

20.30: (4.70) Getafe (3.30) Atl.Madrid (1.95)

22.30: (1.48) Betis (4.40) Elche (8.00)

***odds are subject to change