Dani Alves is the new signing to miss out on Barcelona’s Europa League squad after the club confirmed his omission on Wednesday.
The Brazilian, who rejoined the Blaugrana in November, was finally registered for LaLiga duty at the start of January but will not feature for the club in their European campaign.
Alves was joined at the club by fellow new arrivals Ferran Torres, Adama Traore and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang in January, but only three would be permitted to be included in the Europa League squad.
UEFA regulations prohibit any more than three new additions to European squads after the January transfer window.
As such, Barca had more new signings than free spaces, with 38-year-old Alves ultimately the one left out.
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