Gonzalo García humiliates Laporta and Barça right after renewing with Madrid

The news that Real Madrid has delivered in the middle of preseason, the preparation phase for the start of the 25/26 campaign on August 19, is focused on Gonzalo García. Not only because of the forward's renewal, through a well-deserved contract until the summer of 2030 that officially places him as another member of the first team.

It is also because the footballer has received his new number, "16", after some debate regarding the number that both he and Endrick would wear following this summer's changes. Aside from that decision by the Madrid leadership, the figure of Gonzalo García serves to highlight the differences between Real Madrid and FC Barcelona.

Because the new "16" of the white squad is already under Xabi Alonso's orders... after being immediately registered on LaLiga's lists, as well as in the rest of the competitions in which Real Madrid will participate during the 25/26 football season. The Merengue leadership has a last-minute reinforcement and they have no problems registering him.

The complete opposite is happening in the Catalan capital. One of the most recent sagas of the entity presided over by Joan Laporta is the lack of the necessary salary space to register all the footballers who arrived this summer. For now, stars like Joan García, the new starting goalkeeper of the blaugrana squad, as well as loanee Marcus Rashford, are outside the lists of the Catalan club.

They're not the same

This is the main difference that Real Madrid has compared to FC Barcelona. Thanks to the unbeatable financial situation in which the squad presided over by Florentino Pérez finds itself, it can face all stages of a signing without major problems. This was proven with the four transfers completed during the current market.

The only newcomer who still doesn't appear in Santiago Bernabéu locker room, either officially or unofficially, is Franco Mastantuono. FIFA regulations prevent the former River Plate player from changing Federations and joining the white sports discipline until he comes of age. He will turn 18 on August 14, the date on which he will be presented and registered as a new player of the Spanish capital entity.

Meanwhile, FC Barcelona has experienced moments of great pressure with Marc André ter Stegen. The goalkeeper's injury offered the possibility of temporarily removing his registration, combined with the departure of Íñigo Martínez, freeing up salary space and registering these two signings.

Not only does the idea of waiting for the confirmation of the injury, which must be more than four months, mark the difference between Real Madrid and FC Barcelona. Above all, it is the treatment of a club legend, who would have seen his captaincy removed as a way to pressure him to give in to the club's demands. He has also lost his number to the newcomer.