Barcelona have included Dani Olmo of their matchday squad for Saturday’s fixture in opposition to Athletic Membership on the Olympic Stadium as they race to get him registered with LaLiga in time.
Olmo, 26, joined Barça from RB Leipzig for an preliminary €55 million ($61.6m) earlier this summer time however his inscription with the league has not but gone by way of as a result of membership’s continued monetary woes.
Barça stay in extra of their league-imposed annual spending restrict — a cap which all Spanish golf equipment have and is roughly decided by the distinction between a group’s income minus non-sporting outgoings and debt repayments — and should cut back the wage invoice and/or improve income to register new additions.
In consequence, Olmo missed the opening-day win in opposition to Valencia final weekend.
Nonetheless, he has been named within the squad to face Athletic, though Barça say his inclusion is “pending the participant registration being accomplished with LaLiga.”
Barça are engaged on a sequence of outgoings in an try to make sure Olmo is accessible for coach Hansi Flick on Saturday.
Ilkay Gündogan‘s departure to Manchester Metropolis has already been confirmed, whereas Clément Lenglet, Mikayil Faye and Vitor Roque are all near leaving, too.
Sources have confirmed to ESPN that Lenglet will signal a contract extension till 2027, spreading his remaining wage over two years as an alternative of three, earlier than happening a season lengthy mortgage to LaLiga aspect Atlético Madrid.
Defender Faye is about to affix French aspect Rennes for an preliminary €14m as a part of a deal that features numerous add-ons and clauses which might permit Barça to re-sign the younger Senegal worldwide sooner or later.
Roque, in the meantime, will be a part of Actual Betis on mortgage after failing to safe a spot in Barça’s first group following his €35m switch from Membership Athletico Paranaense in January.
Elsewhere, midfielder Fermín López makes the Barça squad for the primary time this season after getting back from a while off following success with Spain on the European Championships and the Olympic Video games this summer time.
There isn’t any Andreas Christensen, although, who has an Achilles drawback and is about for a number of weeks on the sidelines.
“I feel he can not assist the group [at the moment] and he is aware of that,” Flick mentioned in a information convention on Friday. “Final yr, he made many video games solely 60 minutes with issues. Now we care for that.”
Barça are additionally with out long-term absentees Ronald Araújo, Gavi, Frenkie de Jong and Ansu Fati.
