Barcelona set to meet with La Liga to discuss FFP solutions for summer window

Transfer windows have become a tiring and cumbersome part of the calendar at Barcelona, and to an extent, at all Spanish clubs.

La Liga’s strict regulations and compliance with fair play complicate the supposedly straightforward process of signing a player, more so in the case of the Catalans given their economic state.

According to reports from Ben Ayad Achraf, the Blaugranas plan to meet with La Liga directly to discuss financial fair play solutions for the upcoming summer transfer window. The scheduled meeting will provide them with a clear picture of their spending limit and wage bill.

The general notion around Catalonia strongly suggests that the League deliberately complicate matters when it comes to Barcelona’s moves in the transfer market.

Javier Tebas’ open jibes at the league leaders and Joan Laporta, alongside his vocal support for Real Madrid fire the fuel.

The most recent example of such a discrepancy came in the recently concluded transfer market. Having offloaded Memphis Depay and Gerard Pique, Xavi Heranandez’s side calculated a figure of €3.5 million that could be spent in the window.

Yet, La Liga complicated the process with negative responses and eventually left Barcelona with no forward replacement. Further, it remained a puzzle as to how the club was given such a narrow margin despite parting ways with two players.

Laporta aims to bring in a new centre-back, defensive midfielder and striker in the summer window.

Needless to say, pulling off such a major heist would require the activation of certain economic levers and deep calculations over the spending limit, which can be discussed in the proposed meeting.

While the Azulgranas‘ situation is definitely among the worse stories, Tebas’ strict implementation of FFP is a thorn in the foot of all La Liga teams.

It does, however, come with its own set of positives as it prevents any neck-deep situations like Manchester City and Juventus find themselves in.