Barcelona Can Register Joan Garcia, Use Stegen's Stegen Slot

Joan Garcia was finally able to be registered by Barcelona to La Liga (Instagram/@fcbarcelona).

Barcelona goalkeeper Joan Garcia will be available for La Liga's opening match on Sunday, August 17, 2025 WIB, against Mallorca.

La Liga has given permission to the club to use the allocated salary space for the injured Marc-Andre ter Stegen.

Barcelona still exceeds La Liga's Financial Fair Play rules, but the regulations allow new players to be registered as substitutes for players who are considered long-term injuries.

The definition of long-term injury is four months. The decision of the La Liga panel on Wednesday, August 13, 2025, local time, stipulates that Ter Stegen's back injury meets these parameters.

The Blaugrana used the same move last season to register Dani Olmo as a substitute for the injured Andreas Christensen.

This ended the feud between Ter Stegen and the Catalan club. The German goalkeeper initially said that back surgery would keep him out for three months.

However, he finally relented and signed a report of the club's injury after his captain's term was temporarily revoked.

This means that Garcia, a player recruited for 25 million euros from city rivals Espanyol, will be registered when Barcelona begin efforts to defend the league title this weekend.

Meanwhile, according to ESPN reports, Barcelona's Board of Directors is preparing to secure 7 million euros against future revenues to ensure other players, including Marcus Rashford, will be registered on time.

Rashford, Roony Bardghji's new signing, and defender Gerard Martin, will sign a new contract, including among other players waiting to be registered.

Barcelona president, Joan Laporta, has repeatedly expressed confidence that the club will return to compliance with league Financial Fair Play rules this summer.

However, while waiting for La Liga to agree on several deals, including the sale of VIP seats on the renovated Spotify Camp Nou, the Blaugrana Board of Directors agreed to provide assurances in a meeting on Wednesday, August 13, 2025.

The guarantee is basically a promise from the directors that they will bear certain amounts of money if the club does not fulfill its financial obligations.

For La Liga, legal guarantees are calculated as a guaranteed future income as the league considers it equivalent to having cash at the bank and allowing Barcelona to temporarily increase their spending limits.