Its official; Kounde is still not registered as a Barcelona player therefore will not play today.
Is this not a very bad thing to see as Jules Kounde is still not registered as a Barcelona player and this is not a good idea as he will not be playing against Real Solciedad today.
Barcelona are facing a race against time to register their latest signing Jules Kounde as we head into the final phase of the transfer market.
The Catalans had registered the likes of Robert Lewandowski, Raphinha, Andreas Christensen and Franck Kessie, the night before their season opener against Rayo Vallecano last weekend.
Going by the sequence would expect Barça to announce the registration of Jules Kounde before their upcoming game against Real Sociedad as well.
However, Barcelona have recently published their squad for the Real Sociedad game at Anoeta, where there is no mention of Kounde.
The Frenchman has been left out of the squad, meaning he is still yet to be registered by the club. This barely comes as a surprise as the Blaugrana reportedly require €22 million additional funds in order to balance the books and register the defender.
With that in mind, Kounde’s fate depends heavily on the future of Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and Memphis Depay, who have both been linked with a move away from Camp Nou this week.