Barcelona’s to-do list once they receive €40 million payment from German investors – report

Barcelona oversaw a frantic end to their summer transfer window as they had to do a lot of hara-kiri to secure the Financial Fair Play margin required to sign and register players.

Having struck a deal with German investors Libero over a percentage of stakes in Barça Vision, the Catalans waited for the €40 million payment that was supposed to arrive in the last week of August.

But the payment never arrived, forcing Barcelona president Joan Laporta to provide a personal guarantee worth €20 million to ensure the registration of players.

With the window now over, talks are continuing between Barcelona and Libero over the payment, reports Ferran Correas of SPORT.

With no urgency to secure registrations, the Catalans are looking to negotiate more favourable terms for themselves while the possibility of roping in an entirely new investor is not ruled out either.

Barcelona’s plans once the payment arrives

The aim is for the €40 million to arrive before the end of the year so that Barcelona can have more Fair Play margin when January approaches.

Once the €40 million payment lands in the coffers, the report states that it will allow Laporta and the management to recover the €20 million they put forth as a guarantee during the summer window.

As for the remaining half, Barça plan to make use of the Fair Play generated from it to register the contract of midfield prodigy Gavi.

Even today, the 19-year-old midfield sensation’s first-team registration is due to the court order and a future rescinding of it would leave Gavi and Barça in limbo.

As such, the first priority is to register Gavi’s contract by means of the Fair Play margin as soon as possible.

Along with that the Catalans also plan to make use of the impending financial injection to register the new contract of Xavi and his staff, with the renewal expected to be made official this week.

Vitor Roque and another possible signing?

Beyond the registrations of Gavi and Xavi’s contracts, Barcelona will also make use of the Fair Play margin to register Vitor Roque, who is expected to arrive from Athletico Paranaense in the January window.

Once these operations are taken care of, the Catalans could also consider the possibility of bringing in another new player.

Xavi is understood to be keen on signing a new pivot midfielder to cover for and compete with Oriol Romeu and if there is margin left, that avenue could be explored.