The soap opera is over! Finally, FC Barcelona has been able to register Dani Olmo as its player in LaLiga. The player from Egar, who will wear the number 20, after missing two matches in the local competition against Valencia CF (1-2) and Athletic Club (2-1), Now he will be available to German coach Hansi Flickto include him in his eleven starting in the next matchday three of LaLiga EA Sports on Tuesday, August 27 against Rayo Vallecano.
The Terrassa native has been registered after the Barcelona team In recent days, a series of strategic movements have been made in the form of exits to be able to successfully complete this registration.The first of them, perhaps the most significant for the Barça fans, was unexpectedly letting İlkay Gündoğan go as a free agent. Although this action did not generate any benefits in terms of transfer, it was a positive move in terms of salary savings, considering that the German received around 18.7 million euros gross per season (9 million euros net).
In this journey, another piece that the Catalan team moved was the transfer of Mika Faye to Stade Rennais of Ligue 1 for around €10.3 million, being this their best sale so far in the summer market. In this transfer, the Barcelona squad reserved a right to buy back for €25 million and 30% of a future sale of the Senegalese. At this point, it is worth noting that, although this move has been important for Barça to move towards operating under the 1/1 rule, has not directly contributed to Olmo’s registration, given that the native of Sédhiou was not registered in LaLigaso his sale did not count for this purpose, as did the loan of Vitor Roque to Real Betis.
On the other hand, the loan of Clément Lenglet to Atlético de Madrid has been a real relief for the Catalan team. Although it does not save the entirety of the French defender’s enormous salary, it does save a significant part of it, which frees up another portion of the team’s salary scale. It should be mentioned that, with his contract renewal (from 2026 to 2027) to redistribute amounts and make his loan more attractive, The Beauvais native now earns around €10.6M gross per season (€5.3M net), a sum of which Barcelona will be saving a high percentage..
Andreas Christensen’s injury is key to Dani Olmo’s registration
Now, the move that has been the final blow to the long-awaited registration of the player from Egar as a FC Barcelona player, has had to do primarily with an unfortunate event: Andreas Christensen’s injury. The Dane suffers from tendinopathy in the Achilles tendon, which the LaLiga medical tribunal has certified could mean he could be out for at least four months.. Given this situation, the Blaugrana team has resorted to article 77 of the Economic Control Regulations of the employers’ association, which allows a player to be registered occupying up to 80% of the salary space of another, on the condition that the latter is suffering from a long-term injury and the registration is requested within 20 days from the date of the injury. This measure has proven to be decisive in Hansi Flick being able to now count on the player from Terrassa.
