The registration of Dani Olmo is a matter of absolute priority for FC Barcelona in these coming days. From the Spotify Camp Nou offices they are working 'against the clock' so that the Egarense can make his debut as a starter against Athletic Club in Montjuïc this Saturday after trying, without success, to register him for the first day. However, the culés are convinced that everything will be resolved in the next few hours once the departures of Gündogan and Vitor Roque have been finalized, which make things much easier, although some more sales such as that of Mika Faye would be pending.
The star signing of the summer at Can Barça was not available against Valencia, and Hansi Flick justified his absence by commenting that he had had very few training sessions and did not want to take any risks. The midfielder really wanted to play that game but he had to put up with it, and the Catalans reassured him by assuring him that the problem of his registration would be resolved for the second day. Since then, the sports management went 'direct' with the departures of 'Gündo' and 'Tigrinho' and some 13 million euros of savings in chips could be used, but it would not be enough.
For this reason, the Blaugrana entity's plan is to try to close the transfer of Mika Faye before the end of the week. Ligue 1 is pressing for the footballer and both the club and the Senegalese player must decide. The culés intended to receive a minimum of 15 million euros for the central defender's signing, but it is very likely that that figure will not be reached because he is in a hurry to close this folder. The sale of the defender would allow the registration of Olmo immediately, pending what may happen with the transfer of Lenglet, which is more complex and whose outcome could be postponed to next week.
The possible 'levers' of Barça
At Can Barça they are aware that they are very tight on the salary limit and several alternatives are already being studied for the arrival of more signings. One of them would be to pay the 60 million euros that are missing for Barça Visión, a very complicated option at the end of August, or sign the contract with Nike, a situation that has been delayed more than expected and that aims to become official once it has started. the season.
Finally, the club's 'emergency' formula will be to release more players who do not fit into Flick's plans. Ansu Fati and some of the full-backs such as Héctor Fort or Álex Valle would be the 'sacrificed', since it seems quite unlikely that a million-dollar sale of an important footballer will occur in the final stretch of the market. The culés want to incorporate a winger (Leao or Chiesa) and a right back (Cancelo) in these last days of the summer window and they trust that the numbers end up adding up.