Barcelona may have found a temporary solution to their embarrassing Dani Olmo registration problem, with AC Milan reportedly ready to sign the striker. loan.
Barcelona have so far failed in their attempts to sign Olmoand the less talked about Pau Victor, with La Liga for the second half of the season. The Catalans did not have the financial space to include the players in their tight wage budget at the start of the season, instead using a temporary gap stemming from Andreas Christensen's injury absence to sign the pair until 31 December 2024.
The Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) does not allow a player to re-register for the same club in a single campaign, which Barcelona must do with Olmo after his registration expired. The club has already been to the local court to try and force an exclusion and now faces an appeal to Spain's Supreme Sports Councilat least seeking provisional registration before a final decision.
As it stands, neither Olmo nor Victor can play for Barcelona again this season.
The issue with trying to force registration through the courts is that an outcome could take longer than just the next few weeks. So if Barcelona were ultimately unsuccessful with their latest legal challenge, this would force both players out for the remainder of the season.
With the January transfer window open, it would be possible for them to finish the season elsewhere. As for Olmo in particular, it has been widely reported that he is within his rights to terminate his contract – with full wages paid – and seek another club as a free agent.
But the childhood of the player of La Masia seems to have made it clear that he has no intention of taking that step. It means that the risk of losing it forever is minimal. However, not playing, through no fault of his own, would still be a frustrating consequence of such loyalty.
Corriere della Sera has reported interest from AC Milan, who would apparently be happy to take Olmo on a short-term loan deal until the summer, by which time Barcelona should be able to sign the midfielder for the entire 2025/26 season after return to La Liga's 1:1 Spending Rules last week. It seems like a win-win situation as it can be in otherwise truly dire circumstances.
Milan have struggled so far in 2024/25 to keep pace with Serie A's top six and face missing European football for the first time since 2019/20 unless they can boost an attack that has averaged just 1.5 goals per game in the league, finding the net 19 times less often than rivals Inter.
mark reports that no official offer has been made to Olmo, who is said to reject anything because he still trusts President Joan Laporta and the hierarchy to figure things out.