Barcelona are close to signing Los Angeles Galaxy defender Julián Araujo. But the "blue garnet" were only 18 seconds late with the transfer.
On the last day of the transfer window, the Catalan club decided to make at least one winter transfer to its team. But the leadership of Barcelona was late with the registration. The Blue Garnets have agreed with Los Angeles Galaxy on the transfer of 21-year-old Araujo for 5.2 million euros. Although it was previously reported that La Liga allowed Barcelona to be managed with only three million in the transfer market.
Barcelona director Mateu Alemani commented on the situation.
“We couldn’t register this transfer because we were 18 seconds late, the window had already closed. Perhaps there was a technical error, we will discuss this with FIFA," Alemani said.