“At the moment, we don’t know anything. We are on stand-by,” Xavi told a news conference ahead of his trip to San Sebastian to face Real Sociedad on Sunday.
Barca need to comply with LaLiga’s salary cap rules in order to register Kaunde, and potential sales of strikers Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and Memphis Depay could make that possible.
“We are waiting. Kaunde is a great leader and a great player. Hopefully he will show it soon – tomorrow, if he can play.”
“He has trained very well, I see him in good spirits, but we need to sell him players to be able to register.”
Conde missed the start of Barca’s season against Rayo Vallecano after La Liga prevented the club from registering with fellow summer signings Frank Casey, Andreas Christensen, Robert Lewandowski and Rafinha.
“The transfer market ends on August 31st and we don’t know what will happen,” Xavi said.
“Auba and Memphis are still here, so tomorrow we’ll use them. But the priority is to register Kaunde.”
Barca have taken a number of steps to increase their revenues to cover losses, reduce their debt and comply with LaLiga’s financial fair play rules.
He has sold his audiovisual studio, his licensing and merchandising division, and even part of his LaLiga TV proceeds rights to help balance the books.
He also signed a shirt and stadium sponsorship deal with Spotify.
On the other hand, he approved financial plans last December for the renovation of Camp Nou, including an additional 1.5 billion euros in debt.
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