The past few days have been incredibly tough for Barcelona, who are at serious risk of Dani Olmo and Pau Victor not being eligible for the second half of the season. As a result, the club's handling of the matter has been severely criticized, and the latest to speak out is former presidential candidate Victor Font.
Font, who lost to Joan Laporta in the last elections, went to X on Wednesday to defeat his former rival.
“The situation with the registration of Dani Olmo and Pau Victor is very serious and paints a bad picture of the best club in the world. Like all Barcelona fans, we are deeply concerned about the sporting, financial and institutional consequences. This could even lead to us losing a player we signed for €55 million just four months ago due to poor planning and unprofessional management.
“We hope that the club resolves the situation for both players, but we cannot accept how Barcelona president Joan Laporta has handled this matter. We demand that the board and president explain their actions and the consequences in detail, including: Why did we sign such an expensive player if we had already exceeded Fair Play limits and had no clear plan to resolve this? Why did we take legal action if we knew it wouldn't work, as the court decisions show? What is the club doing now to ensure we don't lose Olmo and Pau Victor? What is the truth about the sale of the VIP seats at Camp Nou? Have they been sold? To which investors and under what conditions?
“We don't want to lose a player just a few months after spending 55 million euros on him. We will give the president a reasonable amount of time to explain everything and demonstrate immediate action from the club. But we remain alert. We will not stand by as resources and the club's reputation are wasted, impacting us on the pitch. Barcelona and its fans deserve better. We must put an end to these bad practices and be proud of our club again, because Barcelona is more than a club.”
If Barcelona cannot register Olmo and Victor, the pressure will be on Laporta. In this respect, he may consider himself fortunate that the next presidential elections in Barcelona will not take place until 2026.
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