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One Of Barcelona's New Signings Will Be Left Out Of Their Europa League Squad

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Published 14:15 1 Feb 2022 GMT

One Of Barcelona's New Signings Will Be Left Out Of Their Europa League Squad

Barcelona have made four big signings but one will not be playing in the Europa League this season.

Josh Lawless

Josh Lawless

Barcelona must leave out one of their new signings from their Europa League squad.

The Blaugrana were extremely busy in the January transfer market, improving their squad with the additions of Dani Alves, Ferran Torres, Adama Traore and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang.

But Blaugrana boss Xavi Hernandez has been hit with a major dilemma as one of those new signings will not be able to play in European competition.

Image: PA
Image: PA

Barca have dropped down to the Europa League, or the UEFA Cup as it was previously known, for the first time since 2004 after failing to get out of their Champions League group.

And UEFA rules stipulate that only three players bought in the January window are able to be added to their squad for knockout fixtures.

Worryingly for Barca, they don't have all that long to make the decision on who is not making the cut as the deadline for the squad submission is at 11pm on Wednesday.

Image: PA
Image: PA

Barca could really do with the whole quartet in the ranks after being drawn against Napoli in the round of 16;

Youngsters Ez Abde and Ferran Jutgla are also both unavailable in the Europa League as neither were registered on the B list to begin with.

AS believe it's a toss-up between Traore and Aubameyang for the final spot and it is likely to be the most recent arrival who is omitted because they already have a number of other attacking options.

The Gabon international travelled to Barcelona on deadline day to finalise the move, which was sealed after Arsenal agreed to terminate his contract.

Neither club have announced the transfer, though Aubameyang has already been seen taking part in training with his new club.

Featured Image Credit: Image: PA

Topics: Barcelona, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, Adama Traore, Ferran Torres, Dani Alves

Josh Lawless
Josh Lawless

Josh is a sports journalist who specialises in football and WWE. He has been published by Curzon Ashton FC, Late Tackle, Manchester City FC, The Mirror, Read Man City and Manchester Evening News. He provides coverage of professional wrestling and has covered two WrestleMania events for SPORTbible.

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