Barcelona in race against the clock to convert Coutinho's passport LaLiga Only three non-EU spots, half the number they have

There are six players hoping to fill three places in Barcelona's squad with the Supercopa de Espana acting as a deadline to convert Philippe Coutinho's passport registration.

LaLiga, and thus the Supercopa, only allow three non-EU players to be included in any matchday squad and Coutinho is still under a Brazilian passport.

The plan for some time has been to switch that to a Portuguese registration, thanks to the nationality of the player's wife, however the process is not yet complete.

Should it fail to go through by August 12, Ernesto Valverde will be forced to leave one of Coutinho, Arthur Melo, Malcom or Arturo Vidal out of his squad to face Sevilla.

Barcelona spent 90 million euros on that trio of new arrivals this summer and would ideally like to hand them their official debuts in the Morocco match-up.

The other two players on non-EU passports are Yerry Mina and Marlon Santos, both of which are expected to be sold in the coming days and, regardless, aren't in the coach's plans to play anytime soon.