THE RFEF WILL HAVE THE FINAL WORD
Barça, in the hands of the RFEF: The rule that allows the registration of Dani Olmo
Article 130 of the RFEF's general regulations is the only option for Barcelona to register Dani Olmo and Pau Víctor
The future of Dani Olmo and Pau Víctor is in the hands of the Spanish Football Federation and its interpretation of the regulations. In fact, at this moment it is the only option that FC Barcelona has to register both players and thus avoid the worst imaginable scenario. According to the current regulations, the RFEF could give the green light to their registrations based on article 130.2 of the regulations justifying a case of “force majeure.”
And it is that, although article 130.2 of the RFEF General Regulations states that “a player may be registered with only one team of a club, without the possibility of being deregistered and registered again by the same club during the same season,” fortunately it includes two exceptions that could be applied in this specific case: except in cases of force majeure or regulatory provision. Two ambiguous exceptions open to free interpretation.
Article 130 of the RFEF General Regulations
"A player may be registered with only one team of a club, without the possibility of being deregistered and registered again by the same club during the same season, except in cases of force majeure or regulatory provision. Likewise, during the season, they may not be registered and align with more than three different teams.”
The FC Barcelona will cling to these two exceptions to avoid losing Dani Olmo, the star signing of the culé team last summer.
The latest precedents are very different
There are some precedents, although the circumstances are totally different. Dani Olmo and Pau Víctor have not played for another team and now Barcelona is trying to bring them back; they were registered at the beginning of the season and have only played with the azulgrana team.
Examples like that of Gabri Veiga, who wanted to return to Celta in winter after leaving for Saudi Arabia at the beginning of the season, or that of Samu Omorodion, who could not return to Granada after signing for Atlético and had to go on loan to Alavés. FC Barcelona itself set a precedent when it tried to recover Aubameyang in January 2023, but could not do so because he had already been registered that same season as a Barça player before being transferred.
