The upcoming transfer window presents Barcelona with their latest dilemma with one of their best players, Dani Olmo.
The 26-year-old Spanish attacking midfielder will not be able to play for Barcelona from the new year. Olmo can leave on a free transfer. The player joined RB Leipzig in the summer for a fee of €60 million (£50 million; $63 million).
Olmo's last-minute signing In La Liga, salary regulations are only in place for the first half of the season. It's complicated, as always for Barca and Spanish football. But how did the team and Olmo get here, and how many things need to be sorted out?
Every team in the division has a salary cap set by La Liga, which is determined by its revenue and its debts and losses. Before the competition allows them to recruit new players without limits, clubs exceeding their spending limit are forced to sell players, make room for wages, and find alternative sources of funding.
Barca have been paying more than expected for a long time. This summer, several players left on loan or permanently, but that was not enough to recruit Olmo. On August 9, the agreement to sign him was made public and a large part of Barca's share was needed to cover his salary and six-year contract.
Olmo was not registered when La Liga started on August 17. Without him, Barca played the first two games against Athletic Club and Valencia.
Olmo was not alone. For various reasons, Inigo Martinez, Marc Casado, and Pau Victor had to be included in the first team. In the end, all were allowed to rejoin the team, mainly due to injuries to Andreas Christensen and Ronald Araujo.
According to La Liga regulations, a club can use 80% of a player's salary to sign a new player if he is out for at least four months. playing through injury. During the Copa América, Araujo injured his hamstring while playing for Uruguay, which required surgery and sidelined him for five months. With the defender's return, things get complicated again.
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