Barcelona's second player at risk of missing the second half of the season due to financial problems
Barcelona have managed to sign Dani Olmo, using an emergency injury registration rule to allocate some of the salary cap space from Andreas Christensen to the La Masia product. However, if Barcelona do not find the finances to cover Olmo's salary without the injury rule from January, he will not be able to play outside of January.
This is the main task for the Barcelona board in the next four months. Players cannot be registered twice in La Liga, so they are at risk of losing one of their star men. Now MD report that Olmo is not alone. Pau Victorsigned by Girona for 2.5 million euros this summer, is also in the same situation.
Adrien Rabiot is on Barcelona's radar, but his financial demands are high, with the Frenchman demanding around €10 million net per season. He can only come if he lowers his demands or if Barca suffer another long-term injury in midfield. @ffpolo
— Barcacentre (@barcacentre) September 6, 2024
Working in Victor's favor is that if Barcelona find the money for Olmo, chances are they will still have enough room for him. His contract is for five years, and so he must only cover his salary and €500k from the transfer to be registered. On the other hand, if Barcelona decide to try to move again in the January transfer market, Victor will be low on their priority list.
