La Liga Officially Rejects Barcelona's Re-listing For Dani Olmo And Pau Victor, Kian Pelik's Career

Dani Olmo could not defend Barcelona in the second half of the season (Instagram/@daniolmo).

JAKARTA - La Liga and the Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) have rejected Barcelona's request to re-registered Dani Olmo and Pau Victor for the second half of the season.

The joint statement from La Liga and RFEF was confirmed on Saturday, January 4, 2025.

Currently, neither Olmo, a player recruited in the summer worth 60 million euros from RB Leipzig nor Victor will be able to play for Barcelona again until after the summer.

The two players were not included in the squad for the Copa del Rey match on Sunday, January 5, 2025, early morning WIB, against fourth division club Barbastro.

However, Barcelona plans to counter the decision in court after failing to comply with the deadline of December 31, 2024 to prove that they comply with La Liga's Financial Fair Play (FFP) regulations.

La Liga said Barcelona finally provided the necessary documentation to extend their spending limits for the season on Friday, January 3, 2025.

However, it was too late for Olmo and Victor, whose registration was canceled on Wednesday, January 1, 2025.

"A commission consisting of representatives from La Liga and RFEF met to respond to Barcelona's request for a federative license for (Olmo and Victor)," said a joint La Liga and RFEF statement.

"After Barcelona met the FFP La Liga requirements on January 3, 2025, with the club completing relevant documentation, La Liga has decided to extend their spending limits starting that date."

"However, the commission agreed not to grant the requested licenses to the players (Olmo and Victor)."

"This is in accordance with the interpretations of Articles 130.2 and 141.5 of the general RFEF regulations, which prevent players from obtaining licenses at the same club where they were previously bound during the same season."

Olmo and Victor both signed a permanent contract for Barcelona last summer, but were only temporarily registered at the end of August 2024.

The Blaugrana took advantage of a rule that would allow clubs to use up to 80 percent of salaries to pay for injured players--in this case Andreas Christensen--to register both by the end of 2024.

It gives the Catalan club four months to prove to La Liga that they comply with league FFP rules.

Therefore, they must extend registration for Olmo and Victor until the end of the season.

After losing two court hearings to a La Liga regulatory interpretation, Barcelona later agreed to a deal to sell the VIP area on Spotify Camp Nou, which is currently being rebuilt, for around 100 million euros.

However, they were unable to prove to La Liga that the deal had been closed and provided proof of funds until January 3, 2025, according to the league, with Olmo and Victor no longer registered at the time.

Barcelona will file this case as far and as high as possible in an effort to make the players available for the second half of the season.

Meanwhile, sources close to the players said they were very disappointed. However, they still keep hopes to stay at the club.

In fact, they have a clause in a deal that would allow them to leave for free this winter if they were not registered.

However, none of the players planned to execute the clause. You see, the option to leave in the short term is also not easy.

Barcelona were unable to lend them for six months because they did not have a federative license.

While canceling their contracts to allow the two to sign a deal at another club before signing them back in the summer also causes a lot of complications.

Olmo has made 15 appearances since rejoining Barcelona, which he left to travel to Dinamo Zagreb at the age of 16. He has scored six goals.

Lalu, Victor telah mencetak dua gol dalam 17 pertandingan meskipun ia hanya menjadi starter dalam satu dari pertandingan tersebut.