It’s a small victory for President Laporta, in the midst of turmoil as La Liga, with the support of the Spanish Football Federation (RFEF), decided on December 31 to suspend the licenses of Barcelona’s Dani Olmo and Pau Victor – lack of financial guarantees provided by the Catalan club to validate their respective registrations.
This summer, to recruit in particular the first named from Leipzig – and for 60 million euros – Barça was able to benefit from an exemption linked to the long-term absence of Andreas Christensen. But with the obligation to display healthy accounts and evidence of a certain economic reliability by the end of the calendar year. An imperative that the Blaugrana house was unable to observe despite the recent signing of a 100 million euro deal with various Gulf countries.
Olmo on the pitch next week
Until now, La Liga and the RFEF have systematically rejected the requests and procedures brought by Barça. But this Wednesday, the Superior Sports Council (CSD) – the equivalent of the Court of Arbitration for Sport (TAS) on a Spanish scale – relieved the Catalan institution by authorizing as a precautionary measure the registration of the two footballers concerned, in awaiting the final verdict.
After denouncing the “ serious economic and sporting damage » incurred by FC Barcelona, the said CSD relied on article 27 of the Sports Law according to which Dani Olmo and Pau Victor are entitled to “ a sporting career in line with their potential, with all the guarantees and certainties that this implies “. The CSD judging moreover that the current situation “ could also harm the interests of the Spanish team, as well as the rest of the national competitions, including La Liga “. Dani Olmo, certainly deprived again today of the semi-final of the Spanish Super Cup against Bilbao, will thus be able to return to service. Probably next week in the round of 16 of the Copa del Rey against Betis Sevilla.
