Barcelona look as if they are on the verge of announcing Dani Olmo as their first signing of the summer, after the 26-year-old traveled to the Catalan capital on Tuesday night to complete a move. Save for a surprise, the deal will be made official imminently.
The Blaugrana reached an agreement with RB Leipzig on Tuesday for Olmo, with the Spain star expected to cost them €55m plus €7m in variables. Jijantes have got their hands on the agenda for Olmo’s first day as a Barcelona player, stating that he will be presented on Monday.
Contamos en @JijantesFC
🎥 PRESENTACIÓN DANI OLMO VIERNES 9 de AGOSTO
⌚️A partir de las 11h
🏟️ En el Camp Tito Vilanova de la CE📝 11h Firma con el presi
📸 Las fotos en el campo
🎙️12.15 ( aprox) Rueda de prensa en la sala de prensa CE pic.twitter.com/p4Yee6xIHW— Gerard Romero (@gerardromero) August 8, 2024
Proceedings will begin at the training facilities when he does the photo signing with President Joan Laporta, and then does another photo shoot out on the training ground. At around 12:15 CEST, he will speak for the first time as a Barcelona player since leaving as a 15-year-old a decade earlier. The same sources now say that the original Friday schedule has been cancelled, and it will now be Monday before Barcelona’s final preseason friendly that the presentation takes place.
Real Betis, Girona and Sevilla are interested in Julián Araujo. @Estadio_ED
— barcacentre (@barcacentre) August 8, 2024
Olmo looks like being Barcelona’s star recruit this summer, although multiple sources say they are still trying to sign Nico Williams. There will be stiff competition for places, and Olmo’s arrival likely means that three of Raphinha, Pedri, Fermin Lopez or Ilkay Gundogan will start matches on the bench next season. He excelled in behind the striker for Spain, but operated from wide often last season for Leipzig, on the right or the left.
“There will be stiff competition for places, and Olmo’s arrival likely means that three of Raphinha, Pedri, Fermin Lopez or Ilkay Gundogan will start matches on the bench next season”
Hahahahah so the knee-jerk reaction of Mbappe signing was originally to sign Nico, hence the plummeting deeper into debt to be able to afford him, thinking that he will sign for their garbage club just because its dildoIona, duh.
Well something went wrong there and Nico (rightly) flipped them the long finger. Now, since they borrowed all this money and fans will be wondering exactly what the hell club endebted themselves further for, they go on and sign a player with no sporting need – on sole merit of demonstrating that they can sign someone.
It of course never crossed their minds to return that borrowed money since they are idiots.
The insanity of this club transcends boundaries of what is physically and humanly possible. In fact, only people more sick in their heads are their idiot fans.
PAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHHAAHAHAHAH