Dani Olmo returned to his old home at Camp Nou for 60 million Euros 2 weeks ago. However, since then, the former RB Leipzig midfielder has not been able to make his first match for the Blaugrana. The biggest reason still comes from the fact that Barca is in too many financial troubles. If a bad scenario happens, La Roja's star may not be registered like the case of Vitor Roque.
La Liga sets a salary cap for each team, this number is applied based on each club's revenue. After missing the sale of ownership of Barca Studios for 100 million Euros, Barca was owed this amount. Therefore, whenever there are new recruits, they have trouble registering with La Liga because they have not made up for the deficit and there is no gap in the salary fund.
Captain Hansi Flick wanted Dani Olmo to register before the Joan Gamper Trophy match with AS Monaco but failed. 5 days after Barca was a guest at Valencia's Mestalla stadium, everything was still the same. Flick is very worried and Olmo is even more worried than his teacher about the future at Camp Nou.
Right from the recent tour in the US, Barcelona considered reducing salaries or selling off people to legitimize the Olmo deal. In the past few months, the "Catalunya giant" has parted ways with Marc Guiu, Estanis Pedrola, Julian Araujo and Chadi Riad. They earned 28 million Euros from these 4 deals. Oriol Romeu and Sergino Dest left on free transfers, although they did not bring any money in transfer fees but opened up a little more space in the salary budget.
Currently, Barca really wants to sell Ronald Araujo. The Uruguayan midfielder is valued quite high (over 60 million Euros) and could be the perfect replacement for Dani Olmo. Another positive sign is that Ilkay Gundogan also just left the team and reunited with Man City. The German star is one of the three highest paid players at Camp Nou.
According to The Athletic, Dani Olmo is not currently dissatisfied but is not satisfied with the current situation. Before nodding to Barca, Olmo knew the team's situation was quite difficult and believed everything would be resolved soon. If in the next rounds this midfielder still cannot play, he may create a big transfer scandal this summer.
Last season, President Joan Laporta had to play a risky game to borrow the Portuguese couple - Joao Felix and Joao Cancelo. The head of Camp Nou and a few directors of the club had to use personal bank accounts as collateral. According to The Athletic, it was the third time they did so to be able to register new recruits.
At this time, Barcelona needs to quickly resolve the procedures because if after August 30 (local time), they will no longer have the right to register Olmo for the first leg of the season. After that, everyone has to wait until the 2025 winter market to register again.
If this scenario happens, Olmo may play the cards while the top figures at the top of Camp Nou are still struggling to find a way to solve the financial problem.
