Barça signs Joan Garcia for La Liga, and he will make his debut against Mallorca.

Finally, the La Liga champions will be able to travel to Mallorca with their newly signed goalkeeper. La Liga registered Joan Garcia due to Ter Stegen's long-term absence, which, according to the club's medical report, will be no less than four months. Therefore, Barcelona will only be able to use 50% of the German's salary, not the 80% expected if the medical committee had estimated the five months the club had predicted.

Marcus Rashford is still waiting to be registered thanks to the savings derived from the 35 million fair play generated by the departures of Ansu Fati, Pablo Torre, Pau Víctor, and Iñigo Martínez, added to the renewal of Jules Koundé, who signed yesterday until 2030, deferring his salary and generating another 5 million in fair play. But, above all, the registration of the winger on loan from Manchester United will be possible thanks to the joint guarantee of 7 million provided by the board chaired by Joan Laporta, sent yesterday by messenger to Madrid, at the request of LaLiga, in the middle of a national holiday.

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"I'm convinced that Flick will be able to count on Rashford and Joan Garcia in Mallorca, if he wants," said president Joan Laporta at a Barcelona supporters' club event in Palma. There will be more absences in Mallorca that Flick doesn't want, such as Gerard Martín and Szczesny, who are also pending registration. Roony Bardghji could be registered with the reserve team, as will Héctor Fort and Marc Bernal. All of them are expected to be available next week against Levante on Matchday 2.

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“I'm not happy with this situation. It was like this last season,” lamented Flick, referring to Dani Olmo, who didn't make his La Liga debut until Matchday 3 against Rayo Vallecano and was ultimately registered due to Christensen's long-term injury. “I trust the club. We have to wait and focus on what's in our hands,” he added, boasting of patience, a virtue that, as he said, “is part of me.”

Deco renewed Koundé's contract and closed the sale of the remaining 50% of Francisco Trincão's stake to Sporting de Portugal.

The coach met with Deco this morning to try to understand the complicated world of fair play. At the same time, the sporting director closed the sale of the remaining 50% of Francisco Trincão's economic rights to Sporting de Portugal, a deal for which the Portuguese champions paid €11 million to the Catalan club. According to 'La Vanguardia', the sporting director wanted to do the same with Betis and Abde, but the Betis team also has fair play issues.

If Sporting de Portugal sells the player this summer, Barça will receive an additional percentage for the Portuguese winger. However, if Sporting transfers him within the next two years, which is the remainder of the player's contract with the Portuguese club, Barça will receive nothing.

Francisco Trincão, for whom Barça paid Braga €31 million in 2020, joined Sporting on loan from the Catalans in 2022 and was partially acquired the following season. The Portuguese club paid €3 million for the loan, then paid another €7 million to acquire the first 50% of the rights. In total, Barça has recouped €21 million of the €31 million it invested.

The signings aren't the only thing that has bothered Flick. "I'm not happy with Iñigo's departure," he acknowledged. "And we won't be signing any more center-backs. Gerard has improved a lot. He's a versatile full-back; he also plays well further back," the manager stated, probably because he sees any move as impossible at a struggling club, which is still working to release Oriol Romeu on a free transfer and find a loan destination for Iñaki Peña after renewing his contract for two more years. He also wants to expand his career with Héctor Fort.

Everything will be discussed after the match in Mallorca, in which Joan Garcia will make his debut between the sticks, possibly with Rashford coming off the bench. Flick's choice for the forward line will be Ferran Torres, accompanied by Lamine Yamal and Raphinha. Whether registered or not, La Liga returns, and the champion returns.