Dani Olmo is FC Barcelona's first big signing of the summer. The Euro 2024 champion, in an important exercise in Barcelona fandom, rejected offers from other big clubs such as Bayern Munich or Manchester City to fulfill his dream of wearing the Barça shirt again. The footballer waited for the Barça entity, even when it was not a priority, and his patience has ended up paying off, as he became the first 'brand new' addition to Hansi Flick's squad.
The footballer will sign for six seasons, until June 2030, and aims to be one of the key pieces in the German coach's new project on the Barça bench. From Can Barça they will deposit 55 million fixed euros plus 7 in variables to Leipzig to acquire his services, and once his operation is closed, the Egarense wanted to say goodbye to his now former club with an emotional message through his social networks.
"A young club, a young player... We grew up together, we won our first titles and made history hand in hand. Two German Cups and the Super Cup are just some of the unforgettable moments that I will always carry with me. Thank you for letting me be part of this Leipzig's journey. I will always carry you in my heart", were the words of Olmo, who puts an end to a stage that ended up 'catapulting' him to the football elite.
A successful journey
In his four seasons wearing the Red Bulls shirt, the midfielder scored 30 goals and distributed 31 assists in 148 games played. In addition, he won 2 German Cups, in 2021-22 and 2022-23, and 1 German Super Cup in 2023. Now, he will face the biggest challenge of his career at the Spotify Camp Nou, where his arrival has returned the excitement to a fan that dreams of competing for the big titles again with the Catalan.