The eternal lyre for the eligibility of Dani Olmo goes into the next round. According to La Liga, FC Barcelona is said to have knowingly deceived. Club President Joan Laporta reacts upset.
The saga about registration by Dani Olmo at FC Barcelona does not end. The Spanish league association is now even accusing the Catalan!
On Wednesday, La Liga announced that Barca did not follow “promises and concessions”. It was only through these concessions that the association could even register the former Leipziger.
Dani Olmo has been playing at FC Barcelona since summer 2024
Barca saga around Olmo
In detail: Barca and team -mate Pau Víctor was no longer able to report for the game in the registration phase in January because the salary limit defined by La Liga was reached based on income surpluses.
The association then assured that the allocation of VIP places can achieve a three-digit million amount. According to the association, there is no longer any question in a new calculation, but the lodge sales would never have taken place.
So there were no income given during registration. Therefore, FC Barcelona “had no positive balance or no registration capacity as ‘Fair Play’ on December 31, 2024 or January 3, 2025, to register the players Dani Olmo and Pau Víctor, and currently does not have one,” says the statement.
The contract extensions with Pau Cubarsi, Ronald Araújo, Pedri, Gavi would probably not have been possible.
Barca President foams with anger
Barca President Joan Laporta has already commented on the allegations. “Sometimes I have the feeling that this is no coincidence,” the 62-year-old even a conspiracy before the cup game against Atlético. “We play an important match this evening and La Liga communicates this morning. Very strange,” Laporta said to the Spanish media. “It is another attempt to destabilize our team.”
“La Liga has approved Pau Victor and Olmo’s commitment and now they have changed their opinion. Why? Did you do bad work from the outset when you have approved the operations? If you couldn’t hit us on the field, try to hit us in the offices. As President of Barca, I can’t allow this,” added the angry laporta, who does not want to do the statement.
But the Catalan also threatens to replace. Because how things go with Olmo and Víctor is currently open. Laporta wants to exploit all legal means so that they are not entitled to entitle the game. However, if this does not succeed, it could be bitter. In addition to a ban on operations by the players, the media even get a point deduction in the league.
The endless topic about finance
Barcelona leads the table, but is only three points ahead of the archrival Real Madrid. Loss of points would be all the worse in the title race. But even overall, a small shadow falls on Hansi Flick’s team. Again and again financial problems make headlines. Above all, the almost endless saga about the registrations of Olmo and Víctor.
Already at the beginning of the season, the procedure dragged on for weeks until Barca still managed to put the finances in order so far that the game permit for both players was granted at least for the first half of the season. The topic came up again at the end of the year. The Catalans pulled several dishes and got right again at the last minute.