Aspen: Laporta confirmed that Barcelona will not sign any players in the winter window, but the Lionel Messi may seek to leave the team

"Aspen" pointed out that Laporta personally announced at the member representative meeting: Barcelona will not make any signings during the winter transfer window. Even Garvey's long-term injury will not change the team's initial plan to operate with the current lineup.

The club will take advantage of Garvey's serious injury to withdraw part of the funds in the bank guarantee used for player registration. It had previously injected 16 million euros to complete player registration, and the club will withdraw 9 million of it this time. Therefore, Juan Garcia and Rooney Badji will become Barcelona's only permanent new signings in the 2025-26 season.

As the club strives to restore the 1:1 rule (Laporta has almost revealed the specific amount required by Barcelona, ​​which is around 37 million euros), the club's current focus is on completing the successful move of player renewal. Renewals for the likes of Yamal, Pedri, Rafinha, Konde, Garvey, Araujo, Kubasi, De Jong, Konde or Gerard Martin are seen as a success, as the foundation of the squad that won the Double last season (plus the Spanish Super Cup) is retained. Successfully retaining Fermin despite Chelsea's high offer is also regarded as a victory. The next contract extension is Eric Garcia; the club also intends to deal with the contract extension of Ferran Torres.

Flick has rotation players in almost all positions: the goalkeepers are Juan Garcia and Szczesny; the four central defenders are Eric Garcia, Kubasi, Araujo and Christensen; the right back is Conde (Eric Garcia can also be used as an alternative); Balde and Gerard Martin guard the left. The defensive midfielder positions include Casado, De Jong, Pedri and Mark Bernal (Garvey is currently seriously injured). In terms of attacking midfielder, Olmo and Fermin will share playing time. Yamal and Badji serve as right wingers. The left wingers include Raphinha and Rashford. On the front line are Ferran Torres and Lewandowski. Youngsters like DeRoro or Toni Fernandez have been given some playing time this season. Flick believes that relying on the existing lineup will be sufficient; this is also good news for the club because they will not need to make additional investments in the winter window.

The thorny issue in the winter transfer window will be Ter Stegen, who is exploring options to leave the team, even on loan, in order to gain some possibility of participating in the World Cup starting next July. To do that, he first needs to fully recover from the surgery he underwent at the end of July.