Barcelona miss signing MLS star by 18 seconds

Barcelona missed out on signing Mexican right-back Julián Araujo after he submitted his transfer papers 18 seconds late.

Barcelona football director Mateu Alemany said on Wednesday that a “system error” had caused the club to miss the midnight deadline for the final day of the transfer window on Tuesday.

Alemany said the club is in talks with FIFA to see if the transfer can still be completed.

Araujo, 21, was born in the United States and will be joining the Los Angeles Galaxy of Major League Soccer.

Alemany said the club plans to introduce Araujo to be used first by Barcelona’s ‘B’ team.

Barcelona, ​​still struggling to abide by the Spanish league’s strict financial fair play rules, did not add any members in the transfer market, but were able to give young star Gabi a first-team deal. rice field.

The Catalan club has vacated its salary cap room with the retirement of veteran defender Gerard Piqué, the move of forward Memphis Depay to Atlético Madrid and the move of defender Héctor Bellerin to Sporting Lisbon.

“Three departures have resulted in significant financial savings,” Alemany told Movistar.

Reported by Associated Press.

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