Disaster in Barcelona: Dani Olmo is ruled out for the remainder of the season

Barcelona president Joan Laporta has some important questions to answer, after Dani Olmo and Pau Victor opted out after La Liga’s midnight deadline. Neither player can play again for the rest of the season, except for surprise turns.

La Liga rules state that players cannot be registered by the same club twice in the same season, and having originally registered both players through an emergency injury decision in August, he had until January to resolve his issues. salary limit. Barcelona signed a new sponsorship deal with Nike, but after it was insufficient to register Olmo and Víctor, they resorted to selling some of the commercial rights to their VIP boxes at the Camp Nou for €100 million over the next 20 years. .

There will be no bank guarantee from the board members. @sport

— Barcacentre (@barcacentre) December 31, 2024

It had been leaked to the media that Barcelona had been sending documents for the past two days, but La Liga issued a statement three hours before the deadline explaining that Barcelona had not submitted any new information relevant to its registration. The Blaugrana had previously issued a statement stating that they had requested a new license from the Spanish Football Federation, but it remains to be seen if it will be granted.

Víctor will go out on loan, while Olmo’s situation is unclear. Agent Andy Bara has stated that his client will remain at Barcelona because he wants to play for his boyhood club, but he has a clause in his contract that allows him to leave for free if he wants, for the full amount of his six years. contract in your pocket. No doubt many members of Europe’s elite will try to persuade him to exercise that clause.