Barcelona president Joan Laporta stated before the Senate on Wednesday that the club would make an imminent signing – Joan Garcia – and was working on another exciting one – Nico Williams.

The goalkeeper’s arrival has already been made official by Barcelona, and the winger has also reached an agreement over a six-year deal, with Barça now needing to pay his €62 million release clause to Athletic Club.

After securing both reinforcements, the next task will be ensuring their registration in La Liga. Ferran Correas of SPORT has come forward with a detailed report of what the club need to do to ensure the duo’s registration.

1:1 return – the first step

Barcelona are confident they will not encounter the same issues they faced with Dani Olmo and Pau Victor, and have communicated this assurance to both Garcia and Nico.

The club understands that the key to a smooth registration process during the transfer window is complying with La Liga’s 1:1 rule, which allows clubs to operate normally.

Barcelona were compliant with this rule after selling and licensing 475 VIP seats at the future Spotify Camp Nou for €100 million at the end of December.

The club’s new auditor, Crowe, expressed doubts about the deal though, leading La Liga to declare that Barcelona had fallen out of compliance again, as explained recently by president Javier Tebas.

Nevertheless, Barcelona believe they will soon return to the 1:1 rule. In fact, Laporta told the Senate that they are already within the framework.

The first step is for the auditor to validate the VIP seat operation. For this to happen, the seats had to be built before 30 June – and they already are.

Beyond this operation, the club still needs between €30 million and €40 million in revenue. Half of this amount is already secured through earnings from transfers involving ex-players like Jean-Clair Todibo, Alex Valle, Ilaix Moriba, Alex Collado, and Ludovit Reis.

The remaining sum may be raised through similar deals, with the club counting on percentages from future sales of players such as Francisco Trincao and Oscar Mingueza. If these operations do not go through, other alternatives are being explored.

These include a new financial ‘lever’ or the possibility that Tebas ultimately agrees to exclude spending on the women’s team and youth academy from financial fair play calculations.

Securing registrations

Operating under the 1:1 rule is crucial for registering players given Barcelona’s tight salary cap. It ensures that every euro saved or earned can be spent.

In that scenario, the departure of players with high wages becomes essential to register Nico and Garcia, as well as renewals agreed late last season and others still pending.

Barça have already offloaded Clement Lenglet. Meanwhile, Pablo Torre, Pau Victor, Inaki Pena, and Oriol Romeu, are also on the exit ramp.

But Barcelona will need to shed higher salaries as well. One operation under negotiation is Ansu Fati’s move to Monaco, which is currently stalled due to disagreement over the share of wages Monaco would cover.

The Blaugrana also understand that Marc-Andre ter Stegen must leave, especially after signing Garcia. It is not sustainable to have a backup goalkeeper with such a high salary.

Other potential departures under consideration include Andreas Christensen and Ronald Araijo, though neither player currently intends to leave the club, particularly the Uruguayan.

Barcelona also have an additional option due to a change in La Liga’s financial regulations. Clubs exceeding the salary cap may register up to three new players for one season even if they sign longer contracts. Of the three, two must arrive as free agents and one via transfer.

Barcelona, however, hope not to rely on this option to register Nico and Garcia.