Reading everything and its opposite in the Spanish press, we didn’t really know where to turn in recent days in the Dani Olmo case. Then on Tuesday, La Liga published a press release to confirm that the Spanish international (and incidentally Pau Victor) had not been able to be registered for the second part of the season by Barça. “ FC Barcelona has not presented any alternative that, in accordance with LaLiga’s economic control regulations, allows it to register any player from January 2.»
At the same time, the Catalan press assured that Barça was set until January 3, in this case today, to register its two players thanks to the sale of VIP seats at the future stadium (around 100 million euros). Doubts, more than certainties, especially as several sources from the Spanish Federation explained that they were behind La Liga’s decision to cancel the registration of Olmo and Pau Victor: “It’s the rules and it’s Barça who should have respected the rules”we explained, in essence.
La Liga has given the green light
For his part, Joan Laporta continued to move heaven and earth to validate what he had promised to his two players. This evening, we learned via the Catalan media RAC1 confirmation of the transfer linked to the sale of VIP seats in the future stadium, the last financial recourse to approve the club’s situation. The media even went further by dropping the bomb hoped for by the Culés supporters later in the evening: the validation of the registration of the two players by La Liga.
Cumulative effect: this sum would today allow Barça to enter into the nails of 1:1, the rule which prevails in Spanish football. To put it more simply, this rule states that clubs must balance their transfer expenses with their income. Now, Barça is awaiting approval from the Spanish Football Federation, necessary to finally close this episode and put it in the box of bad memories. Joan Laporta seemed optimistic this evening.
