Barcelona could suffer 263 million euros in losses after failing to register the superstar

The Barcelona offices have not had a pleasant new year so far, as problems with registrations have them facing a scenario in which they could be forced to compete the rest of the season without Dani Olmo.

The Spanish international was registered as blaugrana player only until December 31 with La Liga and, despite the club being fully aware of the deadline, it was unable to raise the necessary funds to secure his registration.

Joan Laporta’s latest attempt involved selling VIP seats from the new Spotify Camp Nou, but La Liga’s requests for additional verification of the transaction meant the team was short on time.

Losses all the time

Not registering Olmo for the second half of the campaign is now a real possibility for Barcelona and implies a hard sporting and economic blow for the club, as broadcast by SPORT.

For starters, the club loses 48 million euros of his salary, which would be useless without his participation. After all, the player will be free and will be able to collect his entire salary, which will be distributed until 2030.

Another €55 million in transaction value has been lost to sign him and Barcelona still owes RB Leipzig a significant sum that must continue to be paid.

To rub salt in the wound is the market value of 60 million euros of the player that the club will directly lose since Olmo would become a free agent.

Adding the 100 million euros from seat sales, Barcelona faces a cumulative loss of around 263 million euros, which is devastating on multiple levels for the club that is still in financial difficulties.

After all, the initial agreement for the same sale of seats was around 200 million euros and Barcelona lost almost half of that amount due to the rush to close the operation.

Barcelona remains optimistic that they can register Olmo before January 3, but the fact is that his registration is no longer solely under their control.

Under La Liga rules, a player can only register with one club team for a single season and Barcelona hopes his situation will attract an exception and trigger “force majeure” conditions.

However, that should only be decided by the league and the only thing the Catalans can do is hope that the stars align in their favor.