Barcelona included both Dani Olmo and Pau Victor in his squad for the Spanish Supercup this week, with the team traveling to Saudi Arabia on Monday night. The Blaugrana are unlikely to be able to use each other.
None are currently registered with the club, and after the League rejected Barcelona's license request, neither are able to play for the rest of the season. However, Barcelona maintains faith that it can get an injunction to overturn this decision at least temporarily. All the same, it is described as “almost impossible” by Chain Cope that is in the Spanish Supercup.
Barça will formally request an emergency mandate from the CSD today to register Dani Olmo and Pau Víctor. This type of resolution is granted only in exceptional circumstances, and typically takes three to four days for a response. If granted, Dani Olmo and Pau Víctor could…
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Barcelona is seeking an emergency mandate from the Ministry of Sports (CSD), presented on Tuesday morning, which is likely to take around five days, and if it goes in their favor, it could see Flick using Olmo and Victor in the final of Supercup on Sunday. night. If the CSD does not consider the matter urgent, it could take up to 15 days, explains TV3.
The CSD will have to decide whether the 28 million euros in guarantees that the League requested does not arrive before the closing of the banks on December 31st qualify as force majeure to overturn the decision of the League, or in the case to grant an injunction, if there are grounds. to argue. MD note also that Barcelona will try to argue that the spirit of the rule is not applied to the case of Olmo and Victor, after the indication of the RFEF.
Flick's side face Athletic Club in the semi-finals on Wednesday night, and if they get past Los Leones, they will then meet either RCD Mallorca or Real Madrid in the final. With an already thin squad at their disposal, the loss of Victor and Olmo leaves the Blaugrana short of resources up front this week, but settling their future for the rest of the season looks like it could be decisive for their season.
