The prospect of Dani Olmo and Pau Victor leaving Barcelona free just four months after joining for a total of €55.7 million looks dangerously real for president Joan Laporta. The Blaugrana say they have now submitted all the relevant documents to register the two players and include the 1:1 spending ratio in their salary cap, but it has all come too late.
Barcelona were operating on the basis that they could get Olmo and Victor re-registered with La Liga, having sold €100 million worth of commercial rights to their VIP boxes at the Camp Nou over the next twenty years. Their claim is that La Liga asked for more guarantees for the sale before registering Olmo and Victor, which they provided on Friday, three days after the deadline. The reason for this is that the banks were closed due to the holidays, and this was therefore not possible before.
However, Marca explains that the rules are clear, and despite Barcelona's reservations, they did not provide enough information in time to register them. Even though the documents are now there, La Liga has announced that they will not accept their registration. The RFEF also has no plans to deviate from La Liga's line on this matter. The only way to register Olmo and Victor is with a judge's ruling.
The Blaugrana must now look for contingency plans, with various scenarios on the table. Olmo's agent has explained that he has no plans to leave the club, and similar reports about Victor are also being reported. However, neither player can be loaned out either and Barcelona are considering offering them a mutual termination of their contracts.
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