Barcelona Laughs in the Face of Transfer Bans as They Sign Arda Turan

Beard vs Hair

After a taxing summer, Arda Turan has signed up for a 6 month vacation with transfer-banned Barcelona. Sort of.

Barcelona posted on their website yesterday that they’d sgiend the midfielder for £29M BUT will only keep him if the new board approve.

Barcelona’s new president will be elected on the 18th of the month and will have 2 days to decide whether to stick or twist. If he opts out, Turan will head back to Atlético while Barcelona will lost 10% of the money they paid up front - approximately £2.4M.

If Turn does remain at Barcelona, he will be ineligible to play until January - when the club’s transfer ban for irregularities in signing young players is lifted. The ban has clearly not stopped the Catalan sign for making other signings with irregularities.