Barcelona enter on Tuesday, after winning the treble, a period of electoral campaigns before the appointment of a new board. Football does not stop. At least not in the officers, where things are going to be very busy this summer.

Ivan San Antonio

Even though FIFA prohibit Barça from making any signings, the club continue to act as if nothing has happened, as is demonstrated by the signing of Aleix Vidal. The only difference is that when negotiating, Barça have to make it clear that the player cannot play until January 2016.

That is what happened with Vidal, but also with two future Barça players: Ilkay Gundogan and Paul Pogba. Barça have the first one under control, with talks with Borussia Dortmund the only thing left to do, while the latter case is different. Although the problem is not Juventus, but the player.

Or to be exact, not the player, but his agent, Mino Raiola, who is complicating the operation.

Back to Gundogan, who Barça have liked for a couple of seasons, since the year Dortmund and Bayern Munich competed in the Champions League final. Since then, Barça have followed the player.

Due to his injury problems, though, it is an option that was never followed up. Until a few weeks ago, that is. Without Xavi, Barça need a midfielder. The club have put Gundogan through various, exhaustive medical tests to see if he has recovered. He passed them, advancing the talks.

The German club revealed in April that he will not continue after his contract ends in 2016.

Bayern recently discared the idea of signing him -- after Gotze and Lewandowski they don't think it was convenient to continue 'fishing' in Dortmund -- which left Barça. Gundogan accepted the conditions, that he wouldn't be able to play until January.

However, Barça have put the brakes on the operation. The main reason, although not the only one, is because of what happened in Berlin. The physical and technical exhibition put on by Paul Pogba convinced those who still had doubts that he would be a good signing. Now there are no doubts. The Frenchman is top of the list of midfield targets.

The problem is the opposite to Gundogan. Any operation will require hours of talks and a lot of diplomacy, not for fault of Juventus, either, who are aware they will not be able to keep Pogba much longer. Plus, Barça's offer would allow them to keep him on loan for one more season.

Barça's intention is to sign him, then loan him back to Juve before bringing him in next summer. Raiola was not a fan of Pogba sitting out until January. The Italian, in fact, is the biggest barrier in the signing. Barça have already worked with him, so know what it's like. The Zlatan Ibrahimovic deal cost them a lot.

Raiola's demands are exaggerated and even though the club want to reach an agreement with Pogba, once Juve accept an offer, it will not be easy. It's not even known first hand whether the 22-year-old sees Barça as a good move for his career.

And there are more problems. A company in Luxembourg own some of Pogba's image rights, something Raiola is trying to sort out, but has not been able to do. It would be a setback for Barça, because the club will need these rights for economic purposes.

Pogba is very complicated, but Barça will not give up. In their favour is Ariedo Braida's good relationship with Juventus and the fact it's thought the player does want to come. The rest will have to be worked on.

It would be a huge boost for Bartomeu's electoral campaign if he could get a move arranged. If not, there are names like Marco Verratti and Koke, but the priority is Pogba, who has leaped ahead of Gundogan now. The operation for the German player has been put on ice. The summer is long, though, and it will be the new board that has the final say.