Barcelona made one star signing in the summer, but it was a player who was already more than familiar with where he was going. The Blaugrana spent €55m on Dani Olmo to bring him back from RB Leipzig, which has been a significant change for the Catalan midfielder.
Fresh off the back of Euro 2024, in which his fingerprints were all over Spain’s triumph in Germany, Olmo was the only big signing at Barcelona this summer. According to Catalunya Radio, Olmo is delighted to be back at Barcelona, but if there is one thing that he has not enjoyed about returning home, it is the fame.
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Coming from Dinamo Zagreb and then RB Leipzig, Olmo was able to live a relatively calm life in both Croatia and Germany, but simple things such has going to the supermarket or going out for dinner are much more difficult for him in Barcelona now.
Olmo grew up in a town on the outskirts of Barcelona called Terrassa, where Xavi Hernandez also hails from. Every summer he would return to Terrassa to see his family for a period, and did so with relatively little fuss, but his status has changed as a Barcelona star and one of the stars of the national team.
