The first day of 2025 began with the mysterious disappearance of the names of Dani Olmo and Pau Víctor from the official list on the LaLiga website. There is no trace of these two players in the huge roster of up to 33 registered footballers. This situation evolved into a new legal scenario, as the registration deadline closed at 11:59 p.m. on New Year’s Eve, thus rendering them ‘unregistered’, despite FC Barcelona’s claims of having valid reasons.
Not only are Dani Olmo and Pau Víctor missing, but Andreas Christensen, who was sidelined for four months due to injury, is included in this exhaustive list. It was in fact the Danish defender’s long-term injury that opened up salary space, allowing Barca to bring in the former Leipzig player after he missed the first two games due to injury problems. registration.
LaLiga’s statement was short but punchy, consisting of just three lines stating: “As of today, December 31, FC Barcelona has not presented an alternative that complies with LaLiga’s economic control regulations, allowing a player to be registered from January 2.” Furthermore, with the inclusion of Christensen, the salary margin used this summer for Dani Olmo to play for Barça has disappeared.
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The current situation is worse than in August, as the regulations prohibit a player from being registered twice in the same season. However, Barça introduced a new element in this complex matter by appealing to the Real Federación Española de Fútbol (RFEF) for “a new license for Dani Olmo and Pau Víctor”, trying to buy time for the association of clubs validate deal for VIP seats at the new Spotify Camp Nou, potentially generating €100 million over the next 20 years.
LaLiga, respecting its New Year’s Eve statement, officially erased the two Barça players from its page, taking a new step in a matter that has become so complicated that the consequences could be unpredictable, having no precedents of this nature .
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FC Barcelona faces the worrying prospect of losing Dani Olmo, who would be a free agent on the winter market, in addition to the obligation to pay 48 million euros (the fixed fee without bonus) to Leipzig, which could also have a severe impact on the club’s finances this season. Olmo is reportedly free and could receive numerous offers as major Premier League clubs (Manchester City, Manchester United and Arsenal) as well as German giants Bayern Munich are discreetly following developments in Barcelona.
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For now, Olmo and Pau Víctor have disappeared from the exhaustive list of Barça players available for consultation on the official website of LaLiga. This list includes six goalkeepers (nurse Ter Stegen, Iñaki Peña, Szczesny, Astróloga, Kochen, and Aron), 12 defenders (Pau Cubarsí, Balde, Araujo, Iñigo Martínez, the recently added Christensen, Koundé, Eric García, Héctor Fort, Gerard Martín, Sergi Domínguez, Andrés Cuenca, and Álvaro Cortés), 10 midfielders (Gavi, Ferran Torres, Pedri, Pablo Torre, Fermín, Marc Casadó, De Jong, nurse Marc Bernal, Darwich, and Guille Fernández), and five strikers: Lewandowski, Ansu Fati, Raphinha, Lamine Yamal, et Tony Fernández.
As of now, there isn’t a single image of Dani Olmo on the official LaLiga page, despite his first post of the new year containing two azulgranas hearts saying it was “time for 2025”. So far, neither Barça nor the player have publicly commented on this complex legal scenario, the ramifications of which are unpredictable. Olmo and Pau Víctor remain unregistered according to LaLiga, with no indication of their situation improving any time soon.
