Barcelona confident of completing registration of new signing in four to five days – report

With just two weeks remaining before Barcelona kickstart their new campaign, the club are facing a real challenge with regards to the registration of their summer signings.

Two new signings in Joan Garcia and Marcus Rashford, are yet to be registered owing to Barcelona’s economic problems.

The club are relying on Marc-Andre ter Stegen’s injury to register these players and are expected to hold a key meeting with the German soon.

Joan Garcia’s registration is imminent

However, in a significant development, it appears Barcelona could soon be able to register Joan Garcia.

According to Diario SPORT, the club are optimistic that the 23-year-old goalkeeper from Sallent will be officially registered within the next four or five days.

The Catalan shot-stopper is the first-choice pick of sporting director Deco and coach Hansi Flick and is considered the long-term solution between the posts.

President Joan Laporta confirmed that the process is “progressing adequately,” and insisted that taking advantage of Ter Stegen’s long-term injury would only be a temporary fix.

“That would be the fastest way, but it doesn’t solve the problem – only postpones it,” Laporta said during a gala dinner in Seoul.

Barcelona are instead working on permanent solutions to generate sufficient fair play and register these new signings.

The €40 million deal with the Democratic Republic of Congo has been officially closed, while the club are also counting on a 100 million euro valuation from the sale of VIP seats at the new Camp Nou.

An audit by Crowe Spain is expected to verify these numbers soon, after which LaLiga will be presented with documentation confirming that Ruslan Birladeanu’s New Era Visionary Group will deliver the remaining €42 million in two instalments.

All of this could go a long way in helping Barcelona not only finalise the registration of Garcia and Rashford but also return to the 1:1 rule.