Spanish La Liga leaders Barcelona has revealed that they do not have the financial capacity to register their striker Dani Olmo and Pau Victor. The information was made known by La Liga board, according to reports the Catalans were granted only a temporary licenses to register them last summer.
La Liga Says Barcelona Lacks Finance to Register Olmo and Victor
But their registrations were then revoked in January by La Liga. It was revoked because Barcelona had failed to prove they were compliant with the league’s financial rules by their deadline of 31 December.
Spain’s sports council (CSD) gave Barcelona permission to temporarily reinstate Olmo and Victor after they appealed. Barcelona announced a deal on 3 January to sell VIP boxes at the club’s Nou Camp stadium, which is being rebuilt, in order to raise 100m euros (£83m).
But La Liga says the deal was not recorded in the accounts submitted by Barcelona to the league last week for the 2024-25 season. Because of that the deal had been approved by a different, unnamed auditor.
La Liga in statement said: “No amount from the [VIP box deal] is ultimately recorded in the profit and loss accounts, contrary to what had been certified by the club and the auditor at the time of said transaction.”
La Liga said they were reporting the auditor to the Accounting and Auditing Institute. “Barcelona did not have on December 31, 2024, or on January 3, 2025, nor has it had since that date, nor does it currently have, [the financial fair play capacity] for the registration of the players Dani Olmo and Pau Victor,” La Liga said.
In response, Barcelona president Joan Laporta told reporters the league’s letter was “an attempt to damage the club’s image and go against FC Barcelona’s interests.” He also said the club’s legal team would respond to the letter “as forcefully as necessary” and questioned the timing of it.
“Three months ago I said that Olmo and Pau Victor’s registrations had been carried out correctly, following each and every one of the requirements demanded by the RFEF [Spanish Football Federation] and La Liga, and this is still the case.”
