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The financially struggling side failed to register the duo before the deadline at the end of last year after Olmo and Victor were given temporary licenses when they joined in the summer.
Dani Olmo will be back with the Barcelona squad. (X)
Barcelona players Dani Olmo and Pau Victor can play for the club temporarily after the Spanish Sports Council (CSD) granted the Catalans precautionary permission on Wednesday.
The financially struggling side failed to register the duo before the deadline at the end of last year after Olmo and Victor were given temporary licenses when they joined in the summer.
The CSD decided that Olmo and Victor could be selected by Barca until they made a definitive ruling in the club’s case against La Liga and the Spanish Football Federation (RFEF), which did not let the club renew their registrations.
“This measure, which is provisional until the appeal filed by the club and the aforementioned players are finally resolved, suspends (La Liga and RFEF’s decision), and the cancellation of the sports licenses of the aforementioned players,” said the CSD in a statement.
“It also maintains the validity of said licenses until this appeal is finally resolved.”
Olmo and Victor are set to miss Barcelona’s Spanish Super Cup semi-final clash with Athletic Bilbao in Saudi Arabia later on Wednesday.
If they qualify, the pair would be eligible to play in a potential final on Sunday and in Barcelona’s matches after that until the CSD reached a final ruling.
Olmo and Victor missed the club’s Copa del Rey round of 32 win at Barbastro on Saturday, with Barcelona presenting their case to the CSD on Tuesday.
The players were initially registered on a short-term basis, as Barcelona took advantage of a financial loophole following an injury to defender Andreas Christensen.
Last week, after Barca lost two court cases aiming to secure new licenses for the duo, they sold VIP boxes for their new Spotify Camp Nou stadium, still under construction, for a reported 100 million euros ($104 million) to operate within La Liga’s financial fair play scheme.
However, the deal was finalised and paperworkwas sent three days after the league’s deadline.
La Liga confirmed Barcelona have now met the financial requirements but Olmo and Victor’s licenses had expired, and regulations prevent players from “obtaining another license at the same club to which they were already linked” in the course of one season.
Spanish media reported that Barcelona is arguing that the rule is obsolete. As they now have the funds while the transfer window is open, they should be allowed to register the duo.
(This story has not been edited by News18 staff and is published from a syndicated news agency feed – AFP)
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Barcelona, Spain
