Barcelona coach Hansi Flick hinted at the enthusiastic reaction of the squad when news broke on Wednesday night that Dani Olmo and Pau Victor had been granted temporary registration for the second half of the season .
The squad learned on their way to the King Abdullah Sports City in Jeddah for the Spanish Super Cup semi-final against Athletic Club.
having been La Liga and the RFEF said it would not be possible to re-register Olmo and Victor For the second half of the season, after the pair’s short-term registration expired on December 31, an appeal through a local court failed, leaving a final appeal to the National Council of Sports in Spain.
It has not completely solved the problem. But Barcelona, ​​having missed the deadline to secure registration within days of raising the last of the funds it needed to return to 1:1 spending rules, having received permission for temporary registration pending a final appeal verdict.
“The news came on the bus, you should see how the news was received. We are a team and we wanted to win for Dani Olmo and Pau Victor, but also for the team,” said Flick afterwards. beating the Athletic Club.
“(Olmo and VÃctor) are happy. For us, it was a good sign before the game. We wanted to show that we are a team.”
This means that both can now resume playing after being ineligible to face either Barbastro in the Copa del Rey or Athletic Club in the Super Cup. The players are with the rest of the squad in Saudi Arabia – Barcelona took them in the hope of making a decision – and it could be feasible to play Sunday’s final.
There had been a special concern for Olmo. The €60 million summer signing was determined to stay at Barcelona, ​​but he had the right to terminate his contract and continue as a free agent, while collecting the full value of the deal and the club was still liable for the pending assignment. fee
The president of the RFEF, Rafael Louzan, reacted diplomatically to the decision of the sports council that allowed Barcelona to avoid the harsh rejection of the football federation.
“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 institution like the CSD,” he said. Movistar.
“We cannot enter into an assessment because we have known here at the stadium (in Saudi Arabia) the decision of the demand and when we can know in depth what this body has communicated we will make an assessment that will also have the League. for do We have fulfilled what was established, there is a regulation that was also approved by the CSD at the time”.
