Barcelona announced that they have signed Alen Halilovic, but the deal was surrounded by questions about whether or not it will push through after FIFA handed the Spanish club a two-year transfer ban.

Barca, who acquired Halilovic from Croatian soccer club Dinamo Zagreb for a €2.2 million euro initial fee ($3,014,660.00 USD), will not be able to sign players in the next two years' transfer windows after allegedly violating youth transfer-related FIFA rules.

But lawyer Jean Louis Dupont, who handled Jean-Marc Bosman's case during the 1990s, clarified that Halilovic's impending transfer should not be thrown into question because it was finalized before the sanction was announced.

"I cannot imagine for even a second that my client Alen Halilovic will not be able to play for Barcelona," Dupon told Spanish radio stationEsports RAC1, via ESPN. "The operation took place before the punishment was imposed."

But while Halilovic's Barca transfer might go through as planned, Catalan Website Sport reported that Marco Reus' impending move to Camp Nou could be shelved.

Reus was reportedly very interested in moving to Barca next season with reports indicating that the Catalan club is ready to pay €30-40 million ($41.15 million - $54.87 million USD) to acquire the Borussia Dortmund midfielder.

Borussia Moenchengladbach goalkeeper Marc-Andre ter Stegen was also reportedly ready to make a move to Camp Nou this summer, but the ban will force the German international to consider other options.

Barcelona is expected to appeal the FIFA sanction, reiterating that they abided by the rules governing transfers of players under 18 years old.

Dupont believes that the decision should be reversed, insisting that Barca's La Masia academy should not be subjected to rules that aim to combat child "trafficking."

"FIFA has done well to identify the problem, but I believe they are giving out the wrong medicine," Dupont pointed out. "When FIFA's prohibitions do not allow a future for a boy and his family, it is the rules which are wrong. It does not surprise me that Barca sign a kid of 11 years old, if guarantees are given that he will be given an education and correct social support."