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Arda Turan and Aleix Vidal set to miss first Barcelona game of 2016

The two summer signings have had to wait patiently due to the club's transfer ban, but will have to wait a little longer as there will be nobody to register them in early January.

Arda Turan and Aleix Vidal are unlikely to make their Barcelona debuts in the club's first match of 2016, Goal can reveal - because there will be nobody working at Spain's professional football league (LFP) to register them.

The two summer signings have had to wait for their Barca bows due to the transfer ban handed to the Catalan club by FIFA for irregularities in the recruitment of young players that meant the Blaugrana were unable to register new players in 2015.