Would he be allowed to play pre-season friendlies with us?
It'd be awesome if he's actually coming now and training with the team for the next several months. It gives him a long period of time to learn the system, the passing plays, the tactics, etc. and practice in his destined role of RB. I don't consider this so much of a summer transfer that can't play but a January transfer with an added luxury of already being conditioned and trained in Barca football. He has the potential to be a very good under-the-radar buy on our end, especially in a market where good RB's are very rare and the ones that have any sort of reputation have inflated prices/hype (like Danilo did).