Tebas names the criteria Barcelona must meet to register Williams and Garcia
Liam Garcia
Dailysports's expert
It was recently revealed that Barcelona has indeed completed the transfer of Espanyol goalkeeper Joan Garcia. At the same time, the Blaugrana are preparing to sign Athletic Bilbao winger Nico Williams, but La Liga president Javier Tebas is not rushing to celebrate these transfers.
Details: The head of the Spanish league stated that Barcelona can make transfers but cannot yet register new signings, and the club knows exactly what needs to be done for this to happen.
Quote: “One thing is to officially announce Garcia’s transfer, and quite another to register him. Barcelona needs to take certain steps to make this possible. There aren’t many, but the club knows exactly what needs to be done. We’ll see, as the registration window hasn’t opened yet. I don’t know if Barcelona has the funds to pay the €62 million release clause for Nico Williams.
You keep hearing names—Williams, someone else, and so on… But first, you have to make sure these are real transfers. Right now, the club does not meet the requirements for free signings; they still cannot operate under the 1:1 rule. If they want to sign Nico, they’ll have to sell players and make significant adjustments to their financial statements,” Tebas told Mundo Deportivo.