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Barcelona have maintained confidence that Dani Olmo and Pau Victor will be registered sooner or later, while La Liga has been largely silent on the matter. However, with the Blaugrana ensuring the matter would be resolved on Friday, it has been reported that La Liga have no intention of signing Olmo or Victor, leaving them as free agents.
But on Friday night, Barcelona President Joan Laporta may have indicated why he and Barcelona have been so confident. On his WhatsApp status, he shared at 21:19 CEST and then deleted a text that appears to be from the RFEF. It appears to support Barcelona’s claim that Olmo and Pau Victor are registered, although there is little way to verify the text.
The text, as shared by Gerard Romero on Jijantes says the following.
“The RFEF, after hearing the arguments of the FCB, shares them in that art. 130.2 The RFEF Regulation does NOT apply to the case of Dani Olmo/Pau Víctor, because, in that case, these players have been withdrawn, not due to the will of the club (which this article provides for him) but due to external factors and against the will of the club. It is an indisputable fact that the club and the players both want to continue in the FCB squad for the whole season. This interpretation of the rule is consistent with the obvious purpose of that article, which is precisely to promote the stability of the composition of the players’ factions, so that…”
From here, it is less clear what will happen. The Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) is responsible for approving player licences, but they only do so at the direction of La Liga, which has not yet happened.
If neither player is registered, then both will be free agents, and Barcelona are at risk. It appears that the club are considering terminating their collective deals and then attempting to keep Victor and Olmo in the summer if that happens. However, the club has maintained a strong line that they are confident that both will be registered, and are likely to take the case to court before that happens.
