Manchester United have been given a major boost in their hopes of signing Dani Olmo after PSG and Barcelona signed an unofficial 'non-aggression pact'.
Olmo joined from RB Leipzig last summer for around £51m after playing for Spain in their run to winning Euro 2024. But with Barca unable to stay under the league's wage cap, he was only allowed to play during the first four months of the competition. campaign.
The midfielder has made just seven starts since his arrival, but has scored six goals and notched one assist. But Barcelona's financial problems will catch up with them again in January.
The Spanish giants must re-register him if he wants to continue playing for the club. But a Catalan court has now blocked Barcelona's appeal against La Liga's decision to reject Olmo's registration.
This means that the Spaniard will become a free agent in the January transfer period and can immediately move for free from New Year's Day. United is one of the clubs monitoring his situation.
And their hopes of securing Olmo's signing have been boosted after Barcelona entered into a 'non-aggression pact' with PSG. This is according to Sport, who claimed the French giants were also interested in the midfielder.
But PSG's sporting director Luis Campos is keen to maintain a good relationship with his Barça counterpart Deco. To help with that, there is now an unwritten but implicit pact that the two clubs will not go after the other's star players.
It is understood that PSG believes that any move towards signing Olmo would be seen as an 'unjustified declaration of war'. Barcelona are struggling to register Olmo, with La Liga welcoming the rejection of their appeal on Friday.
A statement read: “LaLiga today took note of the ruling… rejecting Dani Olmo's request for provisional registration until June 30, 2025, on the grounds that none of the necessary conditions for the adoption of a provisional measure have been met met. .
The ruling also emphasizes that: 'The purpose of allowing additional expenditure is to ensure that a long-term injury does not weaken the competitive position of the team, and not to use a long-term injury to enable the registration of players whose salary exceeds the limit, which is what FC Barcelona is trying to do.”
United are among a number of Premier League clubs keeping an eye on Olmo. The Red Devils are in urgent need of reinforcement and have fallen to fourteenth place after a series of dismal defeats.
A summer of big spending means there is a lack of money available for new boss Ruben Amorim to pursue big names. But Olmo's potential status as a free agent makes him a prime target for United.
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