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Barcelona completed the signing of Inigo Martinez

The Catalans have set their eyes on the Bilbao’s defender for a long time before finally got their man.

Barcelona completed the signing of Inigo Martinez as sources from Gerard Romero stated that a verbal agreement has been almost done.

The trusted reporter from Spain claimed that the centre-back has reached a full pre-agreement with Barcelona and a free transfer signing is imminent as the player’s contract with Athletic Bilbao running out.

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Barca completed signing Inigo Martinez

The player is believed to have passed the medical for Barca a few days ago, and all details in his contract have been finalised.

Barca and Inigo have been linked together for some time, with rumours of the Catalan interest in him beginning last summer.

This has been Blaugrana’s top priority signing as they turned down other options to focus on Inigo’s deal. The 31-year-old defender looks to join Barca too, despite interests from Atletico Madrid, Inter Milan and Napoli.

Barca’s financial still to be solved

However, it may not be that simple for Xavi’s side to register their new signing with the salary limit issues.

The final outcome of the deal depends very much on Financial Fair Play.

Barca, who is on top of La Liga’s 2022/23 standings, is still trying to figure out how they can register Inigo as they need to reduce their wage bill by over €200 million in the summer.

In case Barca can not register Inigo, the defender will be loaned to a different team while his salary will remain the same.

As it stands, Barca has troubles registering for Gavi and more players due to their enormous wage bill, which may force the club to sell some of their stars his Summer.

Ansu Fati, Raphinha and Frenkie de Jong, evern Robert Lewandowski have been since, featuring on rumours of leaving the club.