Under winning tenets set by Spanish Football Federation, no Spanish club can have more than 3 non-EU players in the squad, and Barcelona satisfied that portion with the marking of Yerry Mina (Colombia), Philippe Coutinho (Brazil), and Paulinho (Brazil) last season.
Be that as it may, the Blaugrana are good to go to report the landing of Arthur Melo, Brazilian midfielder from Gremio, and that implies they need to offload one of their current South American players.
As per transfer news, Barcelona are occupied with various universal players - including Lozano (Mexico), Willian (Brazil), and Pavon (Argentina) - as they intend to support their squad for winding up best in Europe once more.
Philippe Coutinho, Brazil's brightest entertainer in World Cup 2018, is prepared to help his club by applying for Portuguese nationality. The previous Liverpool playmaker is at present qualified for Portuguese citizenship through his significant other Aine, who is a Portuguese.
According to Portuguese laws, Couta could have connected for nationality in 2015, in the wake of finishing three long stretches of matrimonial life, lastly, he has observed most likely the correct inspiration to be an EU subject.
Curiously, two other Latin American stars of the Catalan club, Leo Messi (Argentina) and Luis Suarez (Uruguay) are as of now EU subjects. The Argentine chief met all requirements for Spanish citizenship in 2015 because of a Spanish awesome granddad, though his Uruguayan colleague acquired Italian nationality, on account of his significant other Sofia, soon after joining Barcelona in 2014.
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