Dani Olmo's future at Barcelona is once again being called into question after La Liga determined the club did not have the salary space to register the Spaniard.
Back in January, Spain's National Sports Council (CSD) granted Olmo and Pau Víctor temporary registrations to play for Barcelona after the club's long legal dispute with La Liga. Barcelona used the sale of new VIP seats at the Camp Nou to prove they had the finances required to register the two players for the second half of the season.
The €100 million deal, reportedly finalized on Jan. 3, was enough for the CSD to rule in the club's favor. Barcelona's salary cap was raised and therefore they had the green light to register Olmo and Víctor.
Now, three months later, La Liga announced the €100 million were never recorded in Barcelona's accounts for the 2024–25 season. The auditor Barcelona used for the original deal has been reported to Spain's Institute of Accounting and Auditing of Accounts (ICAC) and the league is reevaluating the legitimacy of Olmo and Víctor's registrations.
A new auditor found "Barcelona did not have on Dec. 31, 2024, nor on Jan. 3, 2025, nor since that date the capacity to register Olmo and Víctor."
