Will Dani Olmo and Pau Víctor have to find a new club?
Notice to lovers of Culésbe relieved: a priori, the answer is no. After long procrastination, the registration of the two players for the second part of the season was validated by La Liga this Thursday evening. Already qualified for the Spanish Super Cup final this Sunday against Real Madrid, Dani Olmo and Pau Víctor are now « eligible » for the next days of the Spanish championship, and will therefore not be forced to hastily leave Catalonia this winter.
And happy end which took a long time to emerge after a thriller lasting almost two weeks. Registered last summer thanks in particular to the injury of Andreas Christensen, the two players could not appear in the squad beyond December 31, raising fears of a free departure this winter. But after several unfavorable decisions rendered by the Monitoring Committee of the RFEF-LaLiga coordination agreement since 1is January, Barça ended up winning their case with the Superior Sports Council. Be careful not to be too enthusiastic, however, since the Spanish Federation is preparing to file a complaint against Joan Laporta after his attitude on Wednesday evening, on the sidelines of the Super Cup semi-final won against Athletic, reports COPE. Obviously, his arms of honor and insults towards the leaders of Spanish football (« vauriens ») were not really appreciated in high places.
Is this affair one too many for Joan Laporta?
Although he ultimately won his case, the president of the Catalan club inevitably comes out weakened by this sequence. A few days after escaping a motion of censure carried by Jordi Farré and Marc Cornet and finally abandoned at the last minute, Joan Laporta is far from unanimous. To his disastrous management of the club’s finances is now added his behavior and particularly tense relations with the federation. The man behind the successes of the 2000s (he was already president of the club between 2003 and 2010) has still not managed to turn things around on a budgetary level, despite countless levers being pulled. This time, it is a series of VIP seats from the next Camp Nou that the person tried to sell to a Qatari consortium in order to pay off debts and save the furniture.
A mania for selling off the club’s family jewels is annoying. « We will not stand idly by in the face of the squandering of the club’s resources and prestige, and the sporting consequences that this entails. »notably castigated Victor Font, his opponent during the last presidential election, in spring 2021. At the same time, calls for Laporta’s resignation are increasing, among supporter groups as well as among the opposition within the board of directors. . This new ludicrous affair will have made waves among the players, with captain Raphinha himself not having held back his blows in front of the press: “If I have to be honest, and I don’t like to lie: if I was at another club and I saw the situation of Pau and Dani, I would perhaps ask myself if it is the best choice to come here . »
Will Barça become the pariah of Spanish football?
Since the news of the re-registration of Dani Olmo and Pau Víctor in the squad, there has been no shortage of reactions from many players in Iberian football. Among the most vehement is that of Atlético de Madrid, the Colchoneros castigating a decision which “endangers the current system, calling into question the rules of the game, particularly on the economic level. Sports law protects La Liga’s economic control, but this resolution puts it at risk. […] This intervention sets a very dangerous precedent. It opens the door to violations of the rules and the repetition of serious mistakes of the past. »
Athletic Club and UD Las Palmas also cried foul, while Carlo Ancelotti refused to express his opinion, two days before the clash against More than. More restrained, the Federation and La Liga were still surprised by the progress of the affair, in a joint press release: “ La Liga has taken note of the resolution issued by the president of the Superior Sports Council, which maintains, without having heard either La Liga or the Spanish Federation, the precautionary measure requested by FC Barcelona and the players Daniel Olmo and Pau Víctor, now the validity of the licenses of the said players until the appeal filed against the agreement of the Monitoring Committee of the RFEF-Liga coordination agreement is definitively resolved. »
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