LaLiga 'refutes' Real Madrid fans and clarifies the controversy over Dani Olmo's registration

FC Barcelona managed to register Dani Olmo 'in extremis' before the match against Rayo Vallecano last Tuesday. The registration of the player from Egar has generated a lot of controversy, especially from various sectors of the Real Madrid press, where they even suggested that LaLiga was doing favours so that the club could get the green light and register the midfielder.

For this reason, Javier Gómez, general director of LaLiga, came forward to categorically deny these speculations. In an appearance at the central offices of LaLiga in Madrid within the framework of the closing of the transfer market, the executive has clarified the operation of article 77 of the Rules for the Preparation of LaLiga Club Budgets, which specifies the possibility of registering a new player taking advantage of the injury of a teammate whose diagnosis predicts an approximate period of absence of four months.

"Three years ago, when a player was injured, he could be deregistered, because when he was registered he could register at any time during the season without being in the summer or winter periods. Now, when a player is injured, you can bring in another one for 80% of the injured player's salary. The only thing that has been added is that, if you do not have fair play, you are being loaned because a player has been injured and you can register another one. So, if you do not manage to rebalance the fair play throughout the season, on July 1 of the following season you will be removed from the ability to register and sign players for the following season," he said about the rule.

Christensen and Araújo's absences are key

Gómez also stressed that "it is the same treatment as when a coach is fired and you have no fair play or when a player from the youth team explodes and, without fair play, you want to renew him. It is loaned. This rule has been applied to all clubs since the 23/24 season, this treatment was applied to eight clubs with twelve players. Could it be that Christensen recovers and can play? From the federation point of view, yes, and Araujo, too."

Finally, the general director of LaLiga made it clear that "all the clubs have accepted that a player who recovers before four months can play again and the important thing is to treat them all the same," thus 'settling' all the rumours and information sent from the capital that falsely accused Barça of being favoured by the employers' association.