Football General Manager
- Barca chief Laporta makes transfer window admission
- Confirms plans after signing Rashford on loan
- Catalans have also signed Joan Garcia and Roony Bardghji
Barcelona president Laporta has confirmed that the club will not make further signings this summer, suggesting that Rashford was the final addition to the first team roster ahead of the 2025-26 season. Laporta also indicated that the club will aim to use La Masia, as they always have, to complete the squad’s missing pieces.
The Catalans have already sealed the signing of Joan Garcia from Espanyol, who is likely to begin the season as the first-choice goalkeeper ahead of Wojciech Szczesny and the out-of-favour Marc-Andre ter Stegen. The reigning La Liga champions were close to signing Nico Williams from Athletic Bilbao, only for the move to collapse at the last minute. Other high-profile names such as Luis Diaz and Rafael Leao made the rounds in the media, but Barca ultimately decided to sign Rashford on loan from Manchester United.
Speaking to Mundo Deportivo in an interview, Laporta said: “In principle, there will be no more signings. We have a squad and the coach wants to make additions to the first team dynamic with players from Barca Atletic (the reserve team), but additions are not expected at the moment. We will try to avoid any painful exit. I’m not going to specify players because they are all Barca players and we are all delighted with them, but there will be certain adjustments, because there are too many players in some positions, replicated, and something will have to be done. This is already at the discretion of the coach and Deco.”
With new signings ruled out, Flick can focus on tinkering with the first-team squad dynamics in the pre-season tour, which begins on Sunday with a game against Vissel Kobe in Japan. They have two more games lined up, against FC Seoul on July 31 and Daegu on August 4. Both these games will take place in South Korea.
