Barcelona have for the primary time since earlier than the pandemic returned to inside their wage restrict, after accrediting the sale of VIP seats for the following 20 years at Camp Nou to the tune of round €110m. According to at least one report, additionally they have a verbal understanding over registering Dani Olmo and Pau Victor too.
There are conflicting items of data being reported although. One matter that each one reviews appear to agree on is that Barcelona despatched an informative electronic mail simply earlier than 23:00 CEST on Friday evening updating each La Liga and the Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) of their monetary state of affairs. La Liga has accredited the primary €60m portion of that sale, and the membership are actually again inside their wage restrict based on a number of reviews.
La Liga have confirmed in writing to Barcelona that they are now formally below the 1:1 rule. @MigRico
— barcacentre (@barcacentre) January 3, 2025
Where the matter is much less clear is on the registrations of Olmo and Victor, which was in the end the purpose of the deal. Brand report that regardless of that word, there was no change within the registration state of affairs, whereas Sport say that La Liga have requested the RFEF legal professionals to look at the case.
All sources agree that the RFEF haven’t acquired a request from La Liga to register Olmo and Victor, however RAC1 report that Barcelona have had it verbally confirmed by La Liga that they’ll have each gamers registered. They say that Barcelona are ready for La Liga to take action, and will see motion on Saturday, with the Barcelona administrators leaving the membership workplaces shortly after midnight. M.D. have filed a report round half an hour afterwards, the place they particularly deny any verbal settlement between La Liga and Barcelona over registrations.
At 21:19 this night, #FCBarcelona president Joan Laporta shared (after which deleted) the next message on his WhatsApp standing.
It is outwardly a textual content from the RFEF backing Barcelona’s means to register Dani Olmo and Pau Victor. Image by way of Jijantes. pic.twitter.com/iYl9FyqPpR
— Football Spain (@footballespana_) January 3, 2025
Their info is that President Joan Laporta may communicate to the media this Sunday or on Tuesday in Saudi Arabia for the Spanish Supercup to elucidate the state of affairs. Without any progress on the registrations, as they are saying, Barcelona intends to take the case to courtroom subsequent week or to the Ministry for Sport.
The veritable array of reviews circulating late on Friday evening appear solely to blur the fact of the state of affairs, the place the knowledge appears to be solely relating to their wage restrict state of affairs. Either approach the case appears removed from being completed. If Barcelona are capable of register Olmo and Victor, then La Liga are more likely to face vital backlash from the opposite golf equipment. Barcelona are engaged on potential options if they don’t seem to be, however Laporta can be dealing with his personal backlash on the membership if that’s the case.