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Barcelona coach Hansi Flick hinted at a subdued reaction from the squad on Wednesday night when news broke that Dani Olmo and Pau Victor had been provisionally registered for the second half of the season.
The team found out while traveling to King Abdullah Sports City in Jeddah for their Supercopa de España semi-final against Athletic Club.
has been La Liga and the RFEF have said it is not possible to re-register Olmo and Victor After the pair’s short-term registration expired on 31 December in the second half of the season, an appeal by a local court failed, leaving a last-ditch appeal to Spain’s national sports council.
It did not solve the problem completely. But Barcelona missed the deadline to secure registration by days after raising the last of the funds needed to return to 1:1 spending rules. Permission for provisional registration has been obtained pending the final adjudication of the appeal.
“The news came on the bus, you should see how the news was received. We are a team and we wanted to win for Danny Olmo and Pau Victor, but also for the team,” Flick said. Beat the Athletic Club.
“(Olmo and Viktor) are happy. For us, it was a good sign before the game. We want to show that we are a team.”
It means both can now resume play after being ineligible to face Barbastro in the Copa del Rey or Athletic Club in the Supercopa. The players are with the rest of Saudi Arabia’s squad – Barcelona took them in hopes of a decision – and could be able to play in Sunday’s final.
There was particular concern over Olmo. The €60m summer signing was set to stay at Barcelona, but was within his rights to terminate his contract and move on as a free agent, provided the deal was paid in full and the club still liable for outstanding transfers. fee
RFEF President Rafael Luzan reacted diplomatically to the Sports Council’s decision to avoid the Football Federation’s strict rejection of Barcelona.
“It is true that news is news and this is important, it affects two players and a great club like Barcelona. We must respect the decisions of an organization like CSD,” he said. Movistar.
“We cannot enter into the evaluation because we learned here about the decision of the injunction in the stadium (in Saudi Arabia) and when we learn in depth what has been communicated by this organization we will evaluate that will also be in La Liga. The establishment that we have to create have followed, there is a rule which was also approved by the CSD at that time.”
