Overview
- LaLiga registered Joan Garcia on Saturday morning, allowing him to start in goal for Barcelona’s opener in place of injured Marc-André ter Stegen.
- Marcus Rashford was added to the squad list at the eleventh hour and made his official debut in the 3-0 victory at Mallorca.
- Barcelona gained a two-man advantage after early red cards to Manu Morlanes and Vedat Muriqi and capitalized through goals from Raphinha, Ferran Torres and Lamine Yamal.
- Key summer recruits including Wojciech Szczesny, Roony Bardghji, Gerard Martín and Héctor Fort remain unregistered pending the club’s compliance with LaLiga’s salary-mass regulations.
- The club relied on a LaLiga medical ruling that freed 80% of ter Stegen’s salary from the wage cap while it pursues additional revenue measures such as VIP-seat sales.