FIFA have confirmed to ​Sky Sports that Barcelona are able to negotiate and close deals to sign players this summer, even though they are currently under a year-long transfer ban.





​Barcelona have broken rules in their deals to sign a number of youth players over the course of the last few years, and were initially banned from signing players in April 2014. The Catalan club though appealed and were able to sign players such as Luis Suarez and Thomas Vermaelen last summer, while their appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) was heard.

New Barcelona transfer adivser Braida has proposed the name of Milan full back Mattia De Sciglio (22) as signing for January 2016. [sport] — barcastuff (@barcastuff) February 14, 2015

Their case was eventually dismissed, and their subsequent punishment was that they were unable to sign any players for two transfer windows - or the entirety of 2016.





However, a loophole in the decision means that Barcelona are able to agree deals to sign players this summer - so long as they are not registered as Barcelona players until the ban officially ends.





In recent days the club have been linked with the likes of Manchester United's Juan Mata and Porto right back Danilo.

Barcelona will target Manchester United man Juan Mata when their transfer ban ends in 2016. (Source: Mundo Deportivo) pic.twitter.com/b3uEACRxGB — Transfer News Live (@DeadlineDayLive) February 14, 2015



