Good news for Hansi Flick! FC Barcelona coach can count on his new goalkeeper, Joan Garcia, for the 1st day of Liga in Mallorca.
A few hours before the game, the Catalan club managed to register its new recruit. The former Espanyol player takes advantage of his predecessor's injury, Marc-André Ter Stegen, who enabled Barça to release wage space.
“The Laliga Medical Commission determined that the lower back injury of Ter Stegen meets the long -term criteria established by the regulations, Explains Sport. Barça was thus able to use part of the liberated salary to register the former Espanyol goalkeeper. The exact percentage has not been revealed, the duration of inactivity determined by the doctors of the competition not yet known: 40 % for four months or 80 % for five months or more. »»