It appears there will be a legal continuation of one of the most biggest stories in Spanish football in recent years. After LaLiga and the RFEF mutually decided to reject the club’s application to register Olmo, Barcelona will take legal action.

This is in spite of Barcelona having recently obtained the money required to accommodate Olmo and teenage striker Pau Victor within their budgetary constraints. But it was too late because Barcelona couldn’t make the first deadline, which was set for December 31.

The league and the federation have now rejected the club’s argument of “force majeure,” which states that it was out of their control.

Olmo and Victor’s playing licenses automatically expired because Barcelona missed the December deadline. The two regulatory authorities have rejected the club’s appeal in compliance with the rules, as La Liga players are only allowed to hold one licence per club during a season.

Barcelona will pursue legal action because they will not give up on this lawsuit, which might cost them well over €100 million. The club still believes they have grounds to contest this most recent decision since on Friday night, president Joan Laporta unintentionally published a message in which he seemed to imply that the RFEF was actually on Barcelona’s side in all of this.

Due to a contract clause, Olmo might stop his present agreement and sign with another team, but he and his agency have indicated that they plan to stay in Catalunya thus far. He may have to reconsider, though, if he is genuinely unable to play for the remainder of the season.

Official Statement

“The Monitoring Committee of the LALIGA-RFEF Coordination Agreement has met to address the request for a prior visa and processing of the federation licenses of the players Mr. Daniel Olmo Carvajal and Mr. Pau Víctor Delgado, issued by FC Barcelona,” an official statement read.

“Following compliance by FCB with the requirements regarding LALIGA’s financial control on 3 January 2025 and the Club completing the relevant documentation, LALIGA’s Budget Validation Body has decided to extend the FCB Sports Squad Cost Limit from the aforementioned date.

“In this regard, having been requested the licenses for the aforementioned players by FC Barcelona, ​​after analysis of the applicable federation regulations, the Monitoring Committee agrees not to grant the prior visa, nor the definitive license requested by FC Barcelona for the players Mr. Daniel Olmo Carvajal and Mr. Pau Víctor Delgado in accordance with the literal interpretation of articles 130.2 and 141.5 of the General Regulations of the RFEF that prevent a player whose license is cancelled, from being able to obtain a license in the same club team to which he was already linked, during the course of the same season.”