THE PRESENCE OF EGARENSE IS A BIG QUESTION
Here's how Dani Olmo's possible registration stands before Barça-Athletic
Published:23/08/2024 - 21:16h
Updated:24/08/2024 - 01:55h
Barça hoped to close the renewal agreement with Nike on Friday, which would facilitate the registration of Dani Olmo. Both parties have not been able to finalize the pending details and now the only alternative is the presentation of a guarantee by the board
Concern is starting to grow at FC Barcelona with the registration of Dani Olmo. The club was fully confident that the player could be registered in LaLiga before this Saturday's match against Athletic Club and, therefore, make his debut as a Barça player in front of the Barcelona fans at Montjuïc. However, the club's plans have been 'disrupted' and everything indicates that the player's debut in his new team could be postponed again.
And the fact is that at Can Barça they were counting on closing this Friday, August 23, the renewal agreement with Nike, which would allow the Catalan institution to resolve its 'fair play' problems and return to the 1/1 rule. This factor, together with LaLiga's review of all the contract documentation with Armark, which deposited the 40 million unpaid by Libero de Barça Vision, and the official nature of Gündogan's departure to Manchester City, which represents a saving of 40 million over the next two seasons, 'paved' the way for the Catalans and facilitated the registration of Olmo.
Despite this, and although the agreement with the North American firm is quite advanced after several months of intense negotiations, the two parties have not been able to finalise the pending details this Friday. For this reason, the signing of the deal, for which the Blaugrana entity will receive a renewal bonus of 150 million euros and a minimum fixed amount of 90 per season, plus variables, will be postponed a few more days, thus leaving Barça without one of its main 'levers' to resolve the 'Olmo case'.
Barça's only way out
Thus, the offices of Spotify Camp Nou could be 'forced' to 'burn' the last resource they have at hand, which would be to present a guarantee from the board, a method that was used in the past to be able to accept the registrations of Jules Koundé or Iñigo Martínez. Therefore, we will have to wait until the last minute to find out Dani's availability for the match against Athletic Club, since the Catalans have time to register him until hours before the start of the match.
