Barcelona Appeal La Liga’s Financial Fair Play Rules Which Prevent Spanish Club From Making January Signings

• Barcelona activated many economic levers this season to be able to sign new players to the club
• Spanish giants Barcelona will be unable to make any new additions to the team due to La Liga's rules
• President Joan Laporta confirmed that Barcelona will be appealing to La Liga to relax their rules a bit

It’s not going to be a happy new year for Barcelona.

The Blaugrana will have to go through the January transfer without being able to sign any new players.

Club president Joan Laporta confirmed that the club cannot make any signings in January due to La Liga’s stringent financial fair play rules, Barca Blaugranes reported.

Laporta explained that they had to activate economic levers to save the club from ruin this season, and they were now in recovery mode.

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Barcelona will be hoping for some funds from the World Cup to keep them afloat next season, as well as the sale of some players. Memphis Depay could be on his way out, freeing up some extra cash, while the retirement of Gerard Pique also helps the cause.

Barcelona to appeal

As reported by Daily Mail, Laporta confirmed that they were trying to get La Liga president Javier Tebas to be a bit more lenient with the FFP rules.

'We and some LaLiga clubs are also trying to convince LaLiga to be more flexible and allow us other types of interpretations that can make Barcelona strengthen itself even more. It is more flexible in the Premier League than in Spain and it doesn't make much sense to me,” he added.

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The FC Barcelona crest is set to undergo major changes as the La Liga club’s hierarchy are contemplating making a major change in the club’s famous crest.

The current Barca logo has some elements that the Catalan club would like to change such as the acronym FCB, which is also used by Bundesliga champions Bayern Munich.

Catalan journalist Carles Aguilar Catalán revealed that FC Barcelona's new logo won't be an altered version of the 2018 edition but likely a bigger rebrand.