Barcelona will tomorrow appeal to the Ministry of Sport (CSD) over the registrations of Dani Olmo and Pau Victor, with Monday being a public holiday for ‘King’s Day’ in Spain. They are fighting an uphill battle according to legal experts though.
The Blaugrana will play for an emergency precautionary measure to keep Olmo and Victor registered while they present their case as to why the registration period should be extended until the 2nd of February, including the same period of the January transfer window. Some say they may also argue a clause in the RFEF regulations that notes force majeure as an alternative reason for registering players outwith the stipulated periods.
The RFEF have issued a favorable report to Barcelona, admitting that the regulations may not be in accordance with the case of Dani Olmo and Pau Víctor. A reform of the regulation is being studied, and will be approved in the coming months. Barça will use it in court. @FCBRAC1
— barcacentre (@barcacentre) January 6, 2025
The emergency precautionary measure, in contrast to a precautionary measure, generally only hears one side of the argument to process the matter urgently, but La Vanguardia (via Diario AS) say that the CSD will hear out the Liga and RFEF arguments on the motion, which could delay the resolution of the case though. Barcelona had hoped for a ruling on that matter within 24 hours.
Meanwhile El Periodico have consulted two legal experts in sports law, and have stated that it is unlikely that the CSD will side with Barcelona. It would not only mean going against the regulations that they have agreed on with the RFEF, and starting another conflict with the Federation, after rocky relations in recent history. The face that they are not the last resort either, with Barcelona still able to appeal through the ordinary justice system, means they could ‘wash their hands’ of the situation.
The one contradictory report on the matter comes from RAC1, who say that the RFEF have sent Barcelona a report that indicates that the regulations may not be cover the Olmo and Victor registration cases. They are supposedly studying a change to the rules in the coming months, and Barcelona will use this in court.
This isn’t only losing battle Barcelona has been facing in a long, long time.
I’m obviously rooting for this to be resolved in Barca’s favor so I’ll admit bias here, but it seems to me that if it’s true that the regulation doesn’t specifically cover the situation then it would be incumbent upon the CSD to issue the precautionary measure.
It may be denied for political reasons (not upsetting the clubs that have opposed the registrations) or to avoid further litigation (by the clubs that have opposed the registrations), but if the CSD does indeed find that the regulation doesn’t apply then it seems that the club should be able to register the players.
Classic Barcelona idiocy, blame political reasons. It could never be Barcelona breaking the rules.
Not what I said. Read it again.
I did and you literally wrote that as a reason. Are you an American by any chance? Would explain your exceptional stupidity.
What I said was that the CSD could refuse to grant the precautionary measure to avoid opening a Pandora’s box. If it was ambiguous and they could make a decision either way they might choose to punt instead of allowing Barca to register Olmo and Victor to keep the bad press and possible litigation at bay; decisions like that are made in various situations across business and government all the time; do what makes the fewest waves and causes the least amount of noise. Maybe it wasn’t spelled out clearly enough for you, or maybe you read into it what you wanted to and reacted accordingly. I’ve said all along that the blame lies with Laporta for putting them in this position to begin with, and he should forfeit the presidency if they fail.
I’m not stupid, you just failed to understand what I wrote.
That sounds to me as you are quoting internal political reasons instead of admitting that Barcelona broke the rules.
God you are so dense it’s unbelieveable.
John’s prediction on the ruling was right. You got it wrong because the CSD believes that Barca has a case to make based on legal standing. Therefore, a stay of the unregistration has to happen before a final ruling can be made given that harm that could happen to Olmo and Victor that’s irreversible to them. There are laws and Barca has complied with them. So, quit your crying and let’s see what happens.
Ha ha ha. Accurately predicted. And, yes, Madridstas can’t read.
Haha there we have it, being a Barcelona fan implies stupidity.
Two out of two.
… or just apply the deadline of the law that all clubs agreed to – including Barca. Help them to learn how to save themselves from their serial incompetent behaviour.
That is good