Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger has indicated the Premier League would need to add Celtic and Rangers to the ranks before thinking about bringing in Barcelona.
The prospect of Barcelona potentially leaving La Liga has been raised due to the independence movement in Catalunya and a recently held referendum.
And it has been mooted that the Catalan giants could quit La Liga and play their football in the Premier League, something which would be a devastating blow to the Spanish football league.
Wenger joked that adding Barcelona would make his job of winning the Premier League even harder, before then admitting he feels Celtic and Rangers would need to join the competition before the Blaugrana.
"If Barcelona want to join the Premier League, it makes it even more difficult to win the title! I will try to learn Catalan!" Wenger was quoted as saying by beIN Sports.
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"But I don't think they are as far as that. It is an interesting situation because it is a development that will have an impact on the sporting side.
"Barcelona is a highly political club and it is interesting to see how they respond.
"But we have enough clubs here, 20, and they want to go up to 24.
"Before we have to welcome the Scottish clubs before we go to the Spanish ones."
Celtic and Rangers potentially joining the Premier League is a long running debate which has yet to make any firm progress towards the pair being added to the English top flight.
As a result, the prospect of an Atlantic League involving clubs from Scotland, Portugal, Belgium, Holland, Sweden, Norway and Finland, has been raised.
Talks over an Atlantic League were held as recently as 2016.
