Barcelona takes drastic measures to register Dani Olmo
Barcelona have taken La Liga to court in a desperate bid to ensure star midfielder Dani Olmo can play for the club in 2025.
The former La Masia talent had to wait until the third week of the season to make his official senior debut. Olmo came off the bench to score a late winner against Rayo Vallecano and appropriately struck an imaginary clock to celebrate.
This delay was the result of Barcelona’s struggles to join The Leaguestrict financial regulations. The cash-strapped Catalan giants could only find salary cap space to sign Olmo following a serious injury to Andreas Christensen. League rules state that 80% of an injured player’s salary can be reallocated to a new member of the roster.
Christensen is fit again and the short-term solution will be void once Olmo’s six-month temporary contract expires on December 31. Barcelona have gone to court seeking a “precautionary measure,” asking the judge to allow them to process Olmo’s registration in January, according to a report in the Spanish publication. Marc.
This desperate appeal will be heard for the first time at a hearing on Monday 23 December before a verdict is expected to be handed down four days later on Friday 27 December.
If this measure is not granted and Barcelona cannot provide more investment before the end-of-year deadline, it would have to start the Olmo registration process from scratch There is also a risk that the player could walk away from this mess entirely, as he is believed to have a clause in his contract that would allow him to leave as a free agent if he is not registered to play.
Should the courts grant Barcelona an extension, they could theoretically open up more room in the budget by frantically offloading players during the January signing period.
The club thought they had found a solution to Olmo’s financial complication when they agreed a major sponsorship deal with Nike earlier this month. However, the funds in that deal have proved insufficient and Barcelona have been blocked from pulling the same injury trick again after the revenue opened up by Marc-Andre ter Stegen’s prolonged absence was taken up by record Wojciech Szczesny mid season
The last throw of the dice for Barcelona is a personal bank guarantee from the board members. This final offer puts your own money at risk. According to an estimate of The AthleticBarcelona needs around 60 million euros to comply with the salary cap of the League.
when repeatedly questioned on the subject Earlier this month, Barcelona sporting director Deco snubbed the assembled journalists, but insisted: “We will certainly be able to sign Dani Olmo before the end of the year.”
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