{"id":33998,"date":"2025-08-20T08:52:35","date_gmt":"2025-08-20T07:52:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/?p=33998"},"modified":"2025-08-20T08:52:36","modified_gmt":"2025-08-20T07:52:36","slug":"rashford-cleared-to-make-barcelona-debut-against-mallorca","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/rashford-cleared-to-make-barcelona-debut-against-mallorca\/","title":{"rendered":"Rashford cleared to make Barcelona debut against Mallorca"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Marcus Rashford has been registered in time to feature for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flashscore.co.uk\/team\/barcelona\/SKbpVP5K\/\">Bar\u00e7a<\/a> when the Spanish champions kick off their league campaign against Mallorca on Saturday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The England forward, who arrived last month on loan from Manchester United with an option to buy, is joined by goalkeeper Joan <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flashscore.co.uk\/player\/garcia-joan\/vuAlEqes\/\">Garcia<\/a> in Hansi Flick\u2019s matchday squad. Garcia completed his move from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flashscore.co.uk\/team\/espanyol\/QFfPdh1J\/\">Espanyol<\/a> in June.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Barcelona had been racing against time to secure registrations amid ongoing financial fair play restrictions. The club has struggled for several seasons to balance transfer spending and wage commitments with revenue, forcing them to prioritize which signings to register first.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Both Rashford and Garcia now appear on La Liga\u2019s official website, while the profiles of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flashscore.co.uk\/player\/martin-gerard\/nBVu0v9a\/\">Gerard Martin<\/a> &nbsp;and goalkeeper <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flashscore.co.uk\/player\/szczesny-wojciech\/6NtwHZ7F\/\">Wojciech Szczesny<\/a> &nbsp;remain missing. This could indicate the Catalan side may be staggering their player registrations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The club\u2019s difficulties were partly eased through negotiations with Marc-Andre ter Stegen. The German goalkeeper initially refused to sign a medical leave agreement that would allow Barcelona to free up 80% of his salary.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After losing the captaincy in the standoff, he eventually agreed to the deal and regained the armband.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Marcus Rashford has been registered in time to feature for Bar\u00e7a when the Spanish champions kick off their league campaign against Mallorca on Saturday. The England forward, who arrived last month on loan from Manchester United with an option to buy, is joined by goalkeeper Joan Garcia in Hansi Flick\u2019s matchday squad. Garcia completed his move from Espanyol in June. Barcelona had been racing against time to secure registrations amid ongoing financial fair play restrictions. The club has struggled for several seasons to balance transfer spending and wage commitments with revenue, forcing them to prioritize which signings to register first. Both Rashford and Garcia now appear on La Liga\u2019s official website, while the profiles of Gerard Martin &nbsp;and goalkeeper Wojciech Szczesny &nbsp;remain missing. This could indicate the Catalan side may be staggering their player registrations. The club\u2019s difficulties were partly eased through negotiations with Marc-Andre ter Stegen. The German goalkeeper initially refused to sign a medical leave agreement that would allow Barcelona to free up 80% of his salary.&nbsp; After losing the captaincy in the standoff, he eventually agreed to the deal and regained the armband.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":34004,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[159,218],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-33998","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-football-news","category-premier-league-football-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.1.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Rashford cleared to make Barcelona debut against Mallorca - Matchplug Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Marcus Rashford has been registered in time to feature for Bar\u00e7a when the Spanish champions kick off their league campaign against Mallorca.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/rashford-cleared-to-make-barcelona-debut-against-mallorca\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Rashford cleared to make Barcelona debut against Mallorca - 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