Dani Olmo is a player for FC Barcelona, but he is not allowed to play – the club is taking action against it, perhaps with success. But the damage to the club’s image remains enormous.
Hansi Flick is not someone who wants to argue. The coach of the FC Barcelona tries to find something positive even in a situation that has plunged his club into serious unrest. “Of course we miss such an excellent player”he said on Tuesday about the at least temporary loss of Attacker Dani Olmo because of a lack of eligibility. But the whole mess also means the chance for his squad “To grow even closer together as a team.”
Flick spoke in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia Barca today in the Spanish Supercup semi-final against Athletic Bilbao starts. Also Olmo and Pau Victor traveled with us. As was the case recently, they are not allowed to be used in the cup.
Three days late
The league and association withdrew the player passes that had been provisionally issued to the two newcomers of the summer because Barca by the estimated deadline of December 31st in accordance with the Financial fair play-Regulations could prove that they had the necessary resources to cover their salaries. The club submitted the relevant receipts on January 3rd. But the committees insisted on their deadlines and statutes. These also state that a player can only be licensed by the same club once per season.
Olmo and Victor will no longer be allowed until the start of the next season Barcelona – and the European Championship star signed from Leipzig for 48 million euros plus bonuses Olmo According to a contract clause, he could even leave the club for free.
The government intervenes
However, it probably won’t come to that. The veto of the league and association can be overridden by Spain’s sports supervision authority CSD, which reports to the Ministry of Culture and Sports. Put there Barca on Tuesday filed a 52-page emergency motion for an interim injunction. And according to information from Spain’s largest radio station “Cadena Ser” From Wednesday night, the authority will accept this application because of its “solid legal basis” also allow.
The news was researched by the normally well-informed host of the popular sports talk show “El Larguero” and then discussed as fact in the assembled group. Other sources have not yet confirmed it.
But their legal substance appears to be robust. When it comes to an interim injunction, the only thing that matters is whether a cause could exist. And in particular the ban on a second registration during the same season is controversial – in essence it actually refers to cases in which a change of club has taken place between the two applications. The association itself admitted that the passage was pure in its decision against Olmo and Víctor “literally” to have applied.
Possible return to the Supercup final
If the CSD grants the interim injunction, its experts would have three months to study the case in detail and make a final decision. Olmo, hanging lace, and Pau Victor, Backup center forward behind Robert Lewandowski would be eligible to play again at least for this period. So possibly from a possible Supercup final on Sunday. The sigh of relief Barca would be enormous.
Regardless of the final outcome of the case, enormous damage to the company’s image has already occurred. Like striker Raphinha, he is currently mostly captain in the absence of the injured Marc-André ter Stegen Barcain Jeddah stated: “If I were at another club and saw this situation, maybe I would think about whether it was best to come here.” However, Raphinha added that there were already doubts about enrollment when he moved in 2022. And that he started the journey anyway: “I have no regrets.”
“Unprecedented laughingstock”
Barca is attractive. History and popularity, the democratic spirit, the attractive style of football, the unique youth work around the 17-year-old “Golden Boy” Lamine Yamal the majority of the current starting eleven produced.
But needs this Barca not a better line? That’s what fans, members and commentators are asking themselves in the chaos of the last few days. She was embarrassed that the club allowed a legal gamble to take place despite knowing about the regulations. One “unprecedented laughingstock” saw Barcelona’s most prestigious newspaper “La Vanguardia” in the affair that kept Spanish football in suspense for days and led to calls for the club president to resign Joan Laporta led.
There was no more money for Messi
The harsh criticism has a history about the case Olmo out. Barcas Season ticket holders are frustrated that the long-promised move back to the original stadium has been delayed Camp Nou – currently under renovation – there is still no fixed date. The ultras have Laporta angered when he blocked them because they wouldn’t pay league fines for bad behavior. Club insiders criticize nepotism and a lack of transparency. And to this day everyone is wondering why Laporta let the icon Lionel Messi go four years ago.
At that time there were Barcas Debts have grown to over a billion euros due to irresponsible wage policy and the pandemic. Who returned to office after an eleven-year break Laporta declared that the club could no longer get Messi’s salary below the salary cap LaLiga determined individually for each club based on its overall economic situation. Sold a year later Laporta Then, however, shares of club divisions and future income in order to manage transfers like Lewandowski and Raphinha. This also resulted in over-optimistic information that had to be corrected later – which further angered the league.
Now the club would have another of these transactions – the sale of VIP boxes Camp Nou to Arab investors – not just the money, to Olmo and Pau Victor to re-enroll. For the first time since 2019, he is allowed to operate on the player market according to the “1:1” rule – i.e. invest as much as he saves elsewhere. At least that’s what the league officially confirmed to him.