Barcelona have failed in their latest attempt to register Dani Olmo for the second half of the season.
The 26-year-old midfielder joined the Spanish giants from RB Leipzig in August for a reported £51 million.
However, Barcelona could only register the Spain international for the initial stage of the campaign because of difficulties meeting LaLiga’s wage restrictions.
And on Saturday, LaLiga and the Spanish football federation (RFEF)) jointly rejected Euro 2024 winner Olmo and forward Pau Victor’s registrations for Barcelona.
A statement published by the RFEF read: ‘The Monitoring Committee of the RFEF-LaLiga Coordination Agreement has met to address the request for prior visa and processing of the federation licenses of the players Mr Daniel Olmo Carvajal and Mr Pau Victor Delgado, issued by FC Barcelona.
‘After FCB complied with the requirements in terms of economic control of LaLiga on January 3, 2025, and once the relevant documentation has been completed by the club, the LaLiga Budget Validation Body has decided to extend the Cost Limit of FC Barcelona’s Sports Squad from that date.
‘In this sense, having requested the licenses for the aforementioned players by FC Barcelona and after analysing the applicable regulations, the Monitoring Committee agrees not to grant the prior visa or the definitive license requested by FC Barcelona for the players Mr. Daniel Olmo Carvajal and Mr. Pau Victor 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 licence is cancelled from being able, in the course of the same season, to obtain a licence in the same team of the club to which he was already linked.’
Olmo, a former Barcelona youth player who left for Dinamo Zagreb as a 16-year-old, has scored six goals in 15 appearances for Barca so far this season, but Europe’s leading clubs will now be on high alert for one of the stars of Euro 2024.
Both Arsenal and Manchester City, who are keen to make attacking signings during the January transfer window, are said to be monitoring Olmo’s situation carefully.
Mikel Arteta, however, insists that simply making an addition to his team in the window won’t necessarily make the difference between winning the league and missing out again.
He said: ‘I don’t know, it can be a perception, it can be a reality. Signing someone is not enough, that’s for sure because that signing then has to score how many goals?
‘A lot of things have to happen. Sign and then I score 20 goals from here until the end and then you have a better chance?
‘Maybe, yes. I don’t know! But I’m very happy with the players that we have. If you look at the amount of goals that we score as well, it’s more than enough to win a Premier League, and our other numbers as well.
‘But the reality is if somebody doing more, that’s life so we have to be better.’
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