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Football transfer expert, Fabrizio Romano, confirmed on Twitter that due to FIFA rules, Chelsea striker Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang can’t play for any other club other than Barcelona or Chelsea.
Consequently, we have revealed when he will be able to do so since Barcelona has said they would not sign him unless it’s for free.
FIFA rule 5.3 is the rule that is preventing him from playing for any other top club in Europe other than Barcelona. It states that players can be registered with a maximum of three clubs during one season, but they only be eligible to play official matches for only two of those clubs.
This means Aubameyang can sign for another top club in Europe that is not Barcelona in the January transfer window, but he can’t play for that club until next season. In other words, Barcelona and Chelsea are the only two top clubs in Europe that can play before next season.
The reason for this is that the striker was registered in La Liga by Barcelona before he moved to Chelsea, who has also registered him in the Premier League.
Playing by the rules, a third club like Atletico Madrid, who are said to be interested in signing him, can register him but he can’t play for them until the start of next season.
However, there is an exception to the rule, which stated that such a player will be able to play for a third club in that same season if the two clubs involved in the transfer belong to associations with overlapping seasons.
This means he will play if joins clubs that are in countries that are beginning a new season. Therefore, Aubameyang will play if joins, for example, a club in Brazil or the US. It depends on how desperate he is to leave Chelsea and if there is a club in such countries that are willing to sign him.
