Barcelona is about their third signing of the summer in Marcus Rashford, but so far none of the first two have been registered as a first team player. This is more a concern for Joan Garcia, since Ronny Bardghji is expected to be mentioned as a Barca Atletic player for the 2025-26 campaign, which means he can still play for Hansi Flick's Squad.
Despite making significant efforts to improve their financial situation, Barcelona is still far away from parity. And this means that their salary limit is much lower than they would like, which means that it is more difficult for them to register new signing sessions.
Barcelona had hoped to be back as a rule of La Liga 1: 1 now, but this is currently not the case. And that is why Garcia is still not registered, although there is a chance that he can be this week.
As reported by MD, Marc-Andre Ter Stegen could be the key to Barcelona that Garcia records this week. In the coming days, the Germany International will decide whether to undergo surgery with a recurring back injury, and if he does, it would enable the Catalans to register him and use 80% of his salary to register the former Espanyol goalkeeper.
Ter Stegen would miss four months if he undergone surgery, which means it would be classified as a long -term injury. As such, Barcelona can use 80% of his salary to register Garcia, which they also did last season when Andreas Christensen went under the knife – Dani Olmo was registered with La Liga.
The ideal situation of Barcelona would be to sell Ter Stegen, but the opportunities that he is leaving this summer look smaller and smaller. As such, he could be registered the best possible alternative, but for now it is still to see whether he decides to undergo surgery.