Barcelona goalkeeper Joan García will be available for Saturday's league opener against Mallorca after LaLiga granted the club permission to use salary space allocated for the injured Marc-André ter Stegen .

Barça remain in excess of LaLiga's financial fair play rules but regulations allow new signings to be registered in place of players deemed to be injured long-term.

The rough definition of long-term is four months, with a LaLiga panel ruling on Wednesday that Ter Stegen's back injury fits the parameters.

Barça used the same measure last season to register Dani Olmo in place of the injured Andreas Christensen .

It draws a conclusion to a feud between Ter Stegen and the Catalan club .

The German goalkeeper originally said back surgery would rule him out for three months

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