A Spanish court has rejected Barcelona’s request to sign Dani Olmo beyond the end of the year, bringing the star closer to leaving the Catalan giants on a free transfer.
The Spanish base, which has scored six goals in 15 appearances for the club based in the Bernabéu this season, signed the RB Leipzig of the Bundesliga last summer for 62. 5 million dollars, but the regulations of the league that restrict the Salary and Transfers Expenditure have confusing registration.
Debt-ridden Barcelona kept the 26-year-old until December 31 with 80% of injured defender Andreas Christensen thanks to an exception that allows clubs to update their long-term absences.
After La Liga rejected the club’s request to cancel its registration at the end of the season, Barcelona took the case to court alleging unfair festival and signing Olmo until June 30, 2025.
Barcelona’s court said in a ruling dated Monday that it had rejected the club’s claims because none of the criteria were met.
“The objective of allowing the mavens is that a long-term injury does not undermine the team’s festivity, so that the long-term injury allows the registration of players who exceed the salary limit”, something that Barcelona tried to do, he added. the court ruled.
Olmo will be recorded during the rest of the season, “once it is understood that the player’s contract ends on December 31, 2024 and extends,” the court added.
Spanish media said OLMO’s contract, initially planned until 2030, included a clause that would release the 2024 European Championship champion in case he was not registered.
Barcelona can appeal the ruling and Spanish media reported that the club can resort to alternative means to secure the registration of the Spanish international, who has scored 11 goals in 41 games for his country.
These come with additional legal procedures, members of the Board of Directors who offer non -public assets to guarantee the registration and sale of VIP seat packages for the future Camp Nou Agrandi in order to generate ordinary income, they declared.
The League said it had implemented the needs in the same way for all groups and welcomed with approval that no exception has been made, which can differently “seriously adjust the equality of the conditions” of the competition.
Olmo’s departure would be a blow for the Blaugrana, who let their early lead slip away and fell to third position in a tight name race.
Hansi Flick’s team is three points behind the leader of Atlético de Madrid and two behind Real Madrid, having played one more game than both rivals.