End of the Dani Olmo soap opera? La Liga withdrew the Spanish international’s name from the FC Barcelona squad after his registration expired on December 31.
Having initially been listed as a temporary emergency measure stemming from Andreas Christensen’s injury, Olmo faces an incredibly uncertain future.
Barcelona have already failed twice to extend Olmo’s registration through the courts, but were hoping to formalize a €120m deal to sell a section of VIP seats at the Camp Nou in time to process Olmo’s registration. ‘Olmo.
However, as Mundo Deportivo noted, they were unable to provide sufficient evidence of future payments to La Liga, who therefore did not approve the deal, leaving Barcelona scrambling to sort out the situation. ‘Olmo.
“LALIGA informs that to date, December 31, FC Barcelona has not presented an alternative which, in accordance with LALIGA’s economic control regulations, would allow it to register any player from January 2 next“, we can read in a press release from La Liga.
The biggest complication for Barcelona is La Liga’s decision which states that a player can only be registered once by a single team per season, and cannot be deregistered and re-registered at another time, except in cases of justifiable reason, such as the injury that saw Christensen temporarily written off earlier this season.
FC Barcelona’s next move was to appeal to the Spanish Football Federation, the RFEF.
“FC Barcelona informs that it has requested a new license for players Daniel Olmo and Pau Víctor from the Spanish Football Federation (RFEF)”said the team.
However, the RFEF may not be able to grant a new license without approval from La Liga, which is not yet available.
If Barcelona fail to secure an extension for Olmo’s registration, the midfielder will be free to terminate his contract immediately and join another team, with several Premier League sides appearing to be interested.
