As we get nearer and nearer to the January switch window, the matter of the registrations of Barcelona stars Pau Victor and Dani Olmo is dominating the headlines.
The duo’s registration in La Liga is legitimate solely till December 31 and they’ll should be re-registered once more for the second half of the season, with Barça engaged on varied choices to get it achieved.
As confirmed lately, Barcelona have taken the judicial route to register Olmo and Victor by in search of a precautionary measure from the court docket, as they did with Gavi again in 2023.
Barcelona not involved
Now, SPORT experiences that there is no such thing as a concern inside Barcelona relating to the registrations of Olmo and Victor.
The membership doesn’t concern that they are going to be ineligible from 1 January. After the listening to on the Business Courtroom No. 10 in Barcelona on Monday, the choice is now within the arms of the decide, who will decide whether or not to grant the momentary ruling.
La Liga, which despatched a staff of greater than 4 legal professionals to the Catalan capital for the listening to with the decide, argues that the momentary ruling shouldn’t be granted to Barça.
Alternatively, the Blaugrana declare that they’ve been in weekly contact with La Liga for the reason that starting of the season, and that the league had initially conveyed that the signing of the Nike contract could be ample to fulfill the 1:1 rule.
Nevertheless, Barça was shocked when the define of the aforementioned contract was despatched, and La Liga knowledgeable them that they nonetheless lacked €60 million to match the wage cap.
The Catalan membership believes that is the results of strain from different golf equipment, together with Atletico Madrid, Athletic Membership, and Sevilla. This led Barcelona to the conclusion that judicial motion could be taken, as occurred two years in the past with Gavi’s case.
Barcelona’s argument
Barcelona have argued that labour legislation takes priority over another laws, that means {that a} participant with a contract can’t be prevented from practising his occupation.
The problem of Marc-Andre ter Stegen’s absence has additionally been raised. Barça declare that there’s an unused portion of the German’s wage, and with that extra, the membership may register each Olmo and Victor.
Nevertheless, La Liga asserts that the Catalans already used the wage cap house after they signed Wojciech Szczesny. They argue that it’s Barça’s accountability for not utilizing your entire wage house and that their guidelines take priority over another.
Plan B in place
Joan Laporta & co. have expressed neither optimism nor pessimism relating to the decide’s ruling, which is anticipated to be introduced on 27 December.
In reality, throughout the common board assembly held on Monday, Plan B was mentioned – the sale of Spotify Camp Nou VIP seat packages.
Initially, the plan was to promote this bundle for round €200 million, however it has been determined that, if the decide doesn’t grant the momentary ruling for the registrations of Olmo and Pau Victor, the sale of a smaller bundle to a Qatari firm for €120 million might be activated.
With this quantity, not solely would the 1:1 rule be met and Olmo and Víctor registered, however it might additionally enable the renewals of Pedri and Gavi to be carried out, together with even a attainable signing, although that is presently dominated out.
As for the gamers, Barcelona have been in fixed contact with them and their representatives for a while. They’re calm, and the membership has assured them that their registrations from 1 January aren’t in danger.
