Official: La Liga release statement, rejecting Barcelona’s Dani Olmo & Pau Víctor efforts | OneFootball

La Liga giants Barcelona have on Saturday seen their latest efforts to register Dani Olmo and Pau Víctor for the 2nd half of the campaign knocked back.

This comes by way of a joint-statement released on the part of both La Liga, and the RFEF.

The names of summer signings Olmo and Víctor have of course dominated the headlines across all of Spain over the course of the week to date.

This comes after the deadline for both to be registered for the new year came and passed without news.

Late last night, word stemming from the media in Catalunya’s capital appeared to suggest that Joan Laporta and co. had managed to get the job done, with a return to the 1:1 rule having opened the door for immediate registration for Olmo and Víctor alike.

But, as alluded to above, on Saturday afternoon, such claims have been definitively shut down.

As per a statement across La Liga’s website and social media channels:

‘The Monitoring Committee of the LALIGA-RFEF Coordination Agreement has met to address the request for a prior visa and processing of the federation licenses of the players Mr. Daniel Olmo Carvajal and Mr. Pau Víctor Delgado, issued by FC Barcelona.

‘Following compliance by FCB with the requirements regarding LALIGA’s financial control on 3 January 2025 and the Club completing the relevant documentation, LALIGA’s Budget Validation Body has decided to extend the FCB Sports Squad Cost Limit from the aforementioned date.

‘In this regard, having been requested the licenses for the referred players by FC Barcelona, ​​after analysis of the applicable federation regulations, the Monitoring Committee agrees not to grant the prior visa, nor the definitive license requested by FC Barcelona for the players Mr. Daniel Olmo Carvajal and Mr. Pau Víctor Delgado in accordance with the literal interpretation of articles 130.2 and 141.5 of the General Regulations of the RFEF that prevent a player whose license is cancelled, from being able to obtain a license in the same club team to which he was already linked, during the course of the same season.’

Barcelona will now be forced to take the matter to court.

Conor Laird – GSFN