Hansi Flick has said he has no control over Dani Olmo’s registration problems as Barcelona face the prospect of not having their new signing available to face Rayo Vallecano on Tuesday.
Olmo, a €55 million ($61m) arrival from RB Leipzig, has missed the first two matches of Barça’s season because his inscription has not been processed with LaLiga due to the club’s continued financial woes.
Barça are in excess of their league-imposed spending limit and, while they are working on various outgoings and deals in the hope of registering Olmo to face Rayo, sources have told ESPN he is unlikely to feature once again.
“I always hope, but it’s like it is,” Flick told a news conference Monday when asked about the Olmo situation.
“It will be great to have him in the team against Rayo, but we will see what happens. This is a thing the player or the coach cannot control.
“We both know, we spoke also about the situation, we know it’s a little bit difficult here in Barcelona.
“I believe in the club and I think we can put him on a list [soon] and hopefully it’s for the match tomorrow.”
As Barça are in excess of their spending limit — a cap which all Spanish clubs have and is roughly determined by the difference between a team’s revenue minus non-sporting outgoings and debt repayments — they must reduce the wage bill and/or increase revenue to register new additions.
