LaLiga has mentioned Barcelona shouldn’t have the monetary capability to register Dani Olmo and Pau Victor.
Barcelona had been granted momentary licences by LaLiga to register each gamers earlier than the beginning of the season.
Nonetheless, their registrations had been then revoked in January, after the membership didn’t show they had been compliant with the league’s monetary guidelines.
After two courts rejected Barcelona’s requests to register Olmo and Victor, they turned to Spain’s sports activities council (CSD), which upheld the membership’s attraction and allowed them to briefly reinstate the gamers.
The three-month interval for the provisional measure permitting them to play ends on Monday, when a ultimate choice is predicted to be introduced by Spanish authorities.
In a bid to ease their monetary struggles, the LaLiga leaders additionally introduced a deal in early January to promote VIP containers at Camp Nou, which is being renovated, for €100million.
Nonetheless, LaLiga says the deal was not recorded within the accounts submitted by Barcelona final week to cowl the 2024-25 season, additionally claiming the Blaugrana are not any nearer to having the ability to register Olmo and Victor.
“Barcelona didn’t have on December 31, 2024, or on January 3, 2025, nor has it had since that date, nor does it at the moment have [the financial fair play capacity] for the registration of the gamers Dani Olmo and Pau Victor,” a press release from LaLiga learn.
In response, Barcelona president Joan Laporta advised reporters he was annoyed by the timing of LaLiga’s assertion, which was issued forward of Wednesday’s Copa del Rey semi-final second leg in opposition to Atletico Madrid, and claimed it was “an try to break the membership’s picture”.
“We’re taking part in a key match tonight, and LaLiga is speaking this morning. Unusual!” he mentioned. “They’ll’t beat us on the pitch, so that they act off it.
“After all, the membership will reply by means of its authorized companies, that are analysing LaLiga’s letter in depth. We are going to reply as forcefully as crucial.
“They wish to assault our pursuits. LaLiga permitted the signings of Pau Victor and Olmo, and now they’ve modified their minds.
“Why? Did they do a foul job within the first place once they permitted the operations?
“Three months in the past, I mentioned that Olmo and Pau Victor’s registrations had been carried out appropriately, following every one of many necessities demanded by the RFEF [Spanish Football Federation] and LaLiga, and that is nonetheless the case.”
Olmo, who arrived from RB Leipzig final August for €60m, has made 28 appearances for Barcelona in all competitions, scoring eight targets and including 5 assists, although he’s at the moment out with an adductor damage. Victor, in the meantime, has performed 22 occasions this season.