By Gura Garcia
Aug 25, 2024, 4:29 PM EDT
“I already knew where I was coming from, I knew the situation. I don’t know if we will be able to tell “I hope so with Dani Olmo.” These were the words of German coach Hansi Flick, referring to the failed attempt by the board of FC Barcelona to register player Dani Olmo for the last match against Athletic Bilbao. The former Leipzig player from Germany in the Bundesliga watched the Catalan club’s 2-1 victory from the stands alongside his teammates Gavi, Frenkie De Jong and Ansu Fati.
At the moment Barcelona has not received the green light The club has been working hard to reduce the wage bill and in this step, what is going to be done with the French central defender Lenglet is key. Apparently, he will go on loan to Atlético de Madrid and an announcement seems imminent.
Option 1: Release the payroll
Lenglet’s departure will be made official in the next few hours, but It is not clear whether this move is enough for Barcelona to be able to sign Dani Olmo to the first team. The question is to see what figure the centre-back’s salary will be if he renews with Barça and his contract can be deferred before finalising the loan with the Colchoneros once and for all. The other question would be to know how much Atlético will be assuming of the centre-back’s salary, which will determine the salary space that Barça has left to finally sign Dani Olmo.
It should be remembered that the sale has already been made completely official. Mika Faye to Rennes in France for 10.3 million euros. A sale that provides an injection of money for the club to continue to get closer to the 1:1 rule, but which at the moment does not have a direct effect on fair play, since the Senegalese was not registered in the first team of Barcelona. Another similar case is that of the Brazilian striker Vitor Roque, whose loan to Betis has already been made official. As it is a loan, the club does not receive money and it does not affect fair play either as he is not registered.
In the event that these operations do not yet exist, If there is enough salary margin to register Olmo, the club would have among its options the possibility of loaning or transferring a player who is registered but who the club considers can assume his departure without major problems. Names like Eric Garcia or Pablo Torres would be in this lottery to be options to choose from in this case.
Option 2: Resolve the Barça Studios case
From here, another way that would fix to find the The economic viability of being able to sign new players depends on resolving the Barça Studios case. The imago of the German company Libero should be replaced by a third party purchasing agent for the unpaid shares.
Option 3: The Nike solution
Another route that seemed to be on a positive path so far and which has not been successfully concluded for now, is the new agreement with Nike. The dispute in court has simply been the breaking point for reaching an agreement that benefits all parties in dispute. A renewal agreement would be wonderful for the Catalan club, as it would undoubtedly mean an extraordinary income from the North American multinational and would unblock the 1:1 situation.
The guarantee, a resource that has already worked
Then comes a last chance that he already had at the time. which can be used by the Barcelona board; the club has already resorted in the past to this formula, which would involve obtaining personal guarantees from directors that would allow the registration of Dani Olmo in this way. In the summer of 2022, this was how the French centre-back and full-back, Jules Koundé, was registered, who suffered a situation similar to the one currently experienced by Dani Olmo.
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