Barcelona suffered a setback this Friday after it became known that the judge of Commercial Court number 10 had decided to deny the precautionary measure that would have allowed Pau Víctor and Dani Olmo to register in La Liga.
This court decision forces the Catalan club to explore alternative ways to guarantee that both players can participate in the second half of the season.
Money for the 1:1 rule and registration deadlines
According to SPORT, Barcelona is awaiting the result of a new judicial action that was filed in parallel in a Court of First Instance to try to obtain the precautionary measure.
The club’s next step will be to attend the hearing that will be held at the Barcelona Court of First Instance on Monday, December 30. However, it is not yet clear when the judge’s decision will be announced.
Time is now of the essence, as both players’ federation contracts expire on December 31, and La Liga will not allow them to re-register during the winter transfer window unless Barcelona renew their contracts before the end of the year. anus.
Therefore, Barcelona is now immersed in a race against time. Another option for registering players would be to comply with the 1:1 rule, which would allow the club to operate with greater flexibility.
As previously reported, following its agreement with Nike, the blaugrana We still need an additional 60 million euros to meet the conditions required by the standard.
The easiest way to raise this amount would be to use the ‘lever’ for selling VIP seats at the Spotify Camp Nou.
With an agreement already in place with a Qatari company for the marketing of these seats over the next 20 years, Barcelona could generate around 120 million euros, more than enough to register Olmo and Pau Víctor.
Another viable option for the club is to have personal guarantees from the board of directors, a strategy previously used for the registration of Jules Kounde in 2022 and Joao Félix and Joao Cancelo in 2023.
All in all, Barcelona does not have much time and is also running out of options, so it must act quickly if it wants to guarantee that Olmo and Víctor can continue playing in the second half of the season.