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Barcelona were 18 seconds late submitting paperwork for four million dollar transfer target and LA Galaxy right-back Julian Araujo, the club's director Mateu Alemany has claimed, though LA Liga giants are now anxiously waiting to hear back from FIFA on whether they can officially sign him.
As of Wednesday, Araujo is still an MLS player, according to Mexican sports journalist Kery Ruiz. The Blaugranas took too long on Tuesday 'to start the paperwork' as 'they wanted to sell [Hector] Bellerín first.'
'They entered documents and allege that the system did not let them upload files,' Ruiz added. 'That why he's a few seconds l ate. This is explained to FIFA today.'
Football Espana have now claimed in a tweet that FIFA 'are expected to rule' on the transfer on Thursday.
Julian Araujo's transfer from L.A. Galaxy to Barcelona has fallen through by just a few seconds
Sources from Spain claim Barcelona started the paperwork to register the Mexican far too late
Barcelona's director Mateu Alemany claimed there was a glitch in La Liga's computer systems
Barcelona are said to have been tracking the 21-year-old Galaxy defender for some time and
