Barcelona president candidate Victor Font insists they can sign Manchester City defender Eric Garcia this month.

Font claims his ticket had reached an agreement to sign Garcia before the election was moved from January 24 to March 7.

“These steps allow us to explain that incorporating Eric Garcia now is possible. City would let him leave for €3m plus €1m in bonuses, when the offer from Barça four months ago was €10m plus bonuses," he said,

Font has detailed that “City agreed not to charge anything until next season and the player also renounced his salary until the next year, so the impact on the club's finances would now be minimal, only €230,000 of amortisation. We can sign him without paying anything now".

He added: "There is no formal agreement with City, because we are a candidate, but we have made the necessary arrangements so that if Òscar Grau calls City, he will see that the agreement to incorporate Eric Garcia now is feasible."