Barcelona present case for Dani Olmo registration – will asset sale for €80m less depending on result

Barcelona are relaxed about the registrations of Dani Olmo and Pau Victor, who must be re-registered for the second half of the season in the next eight days, or will be unable to play for the rest of the season. In Olmo’s case, that would be mean being able to leave the club for free too.

However Sport say they are calm, are the players, as they have plans in place. Today they presented a court case, in which they assert that the right to work for Olmo and Victor should trump any regulations from the league. They did similar with Gavi after he signed a new contract, and a decision will be made on the 27th of December.

The difference is that La Liga will defend themselves in this case, as opposed to the Gavi case. Barcelona have approved a new sponsorship deal with Nike, and believed that would be sufficient to increase their salary limit in order to register both on advice from La Liga. However Barcelona believe that pressure from Sevilla, Atletico Madrid and Athletic Club on Liga President Javier Tebas has told.

They have supposedly asked Tebas to clamp down on the loopholes allowing Barcelona to register players, and the Catalan giants suspect that this is the issue behind the change of tone.