FC Barcelona For several seasons now, it has had major problems with attracting new players. All because of the principles of financial fair play. They assume a certain limit on expenditure on players' salaries. Possible exceeding it results in: LaLiga refuses to allow the club to register players for the competition. If Barcelona's activists do not find a solution, they will not be able to use their new star from the new year.
FC Barcelona goes to court with LaLiga. He wants to repeat his clever move
It's about Dani Olmawho joined the club in the summer window for EUR 55 million. Then it was registered as the so-called medical transfer to replace the injured Andreas Christensen. However, you will need to register it again in January. Young striker Pau Victor is also in a similar situation. So the club decided to take a radical step in their case.
According to the daily “Marca”, FC Barcelona has filed a lawsuit against LaLiga. The hearing before the Spanish commercial court will take place on January 23. Activists of the Spanish runner-up hope that thanks to this, Olmo and Victor will be allowed to play from January 1 as a preventive measure. According to “Sport“, they will receive an answer on this matter on December 27. FC Barcelona has already used the same maneuver in the past when it had problems with Gavi's registration.
Barcelona is in trouble. Will she lose Olmo and Victor? “We are working on registration”
This solution would give the club time in negotiations with LaLiga. – We are working on registering Dani Olmo and Pau Victor. We made some demands, but without any acrimony. We want to keep all possibilities open. We appeal for Olmo and Pau to be included in ter Stegen's salary (on the basis of a medical transfer – editor's note), but we are also working on raising money to ensure the registration of these players – explained the club's president during a meeting with the media – Joan Laportaquoted by “Mundo Deportivo”.
For now, LaLiga has not agreed to include both players as a medical transfer, as Wojciech Szczęsny had already joined the team in this role. FC Barcelona is also looking for additional revenues that would increase its salary cap. Not so long ago, she signed a record sponsorship contract with Nike. However, this was not enough and the club must obtain more funds.