La Liga 2024-25: Barcelona requests new licence from Spanish FA to register Olmo, Victor
La Liga 2024-25: Barcelona requests new licence from Spanish FA to register Olmo, Victor
Barcelona applied to the Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) for new players’ licences for Dani Olmo and Pau Victor on Tuesday, the La Liga club announced.
The announcement was made hours before the midnight registration deadline.
Barcelona lost a second appeal to register the players for the remainder of the season on Monday, with the club unable to meet La Liga’s wage cap.
“Barcelona informs that it has applied for a new license for the players Daniel Olmo and Pau Victor to the RFEF,” the club said in a statement.
“Club would like to deny having requested or receiving any moratorium to any governing body for these inscriptions,” it added.
Later in the day, the league too put out a statement regarding the ongoing situation. “LALIGA informs that, as of today, December 31, FC Barcelona has not presented an alternative that, in compliance with LALIGA’s economic control regulations, would allow it to register any player starting next January 2.”
Barcelona signed Olmo in August for around 55 million euros (USD 57.22 million) but the attacking midfielder was registered for only the first half of the season.
The club managed to register Olmo and forward Victor after long-term injuries kept first-team players out of the squad for months, allowing them to allocate a portion of their wages.
While Olmo and Victor will be free agents after the deadline, Barcelona could meet the economic requirements to sign them before the transfer market closes in February.
However, according to the RFEF rules, a player cannot be signed by the same club twice in the same season.
(With Reuters inputs)
