Hansi Flick has revealed he’s powerless to forestall Dani Olmo lacking Barcelona video games because the membership scramble to register him with La Liga following his switch from RB Leipzig earlier this summer time.
Barca secured the Euro 2024 winner’s signature in a deal price roughly €60m earlier this month and he was named within the preliminary squad for Saturday’s win over Athletic Membership. Nevertheless, he was ultimately omitted from the matchday roster because of the Blaugrana’s ongoing difficulties assembly La Liga’s strict wage guidelines.
Targets from Lamine Yamal and Robert Lewandowski have been sufficient for Barca to safe a 2-1 conquer Athletic, who fielded Nico Williams, a high-profile goal for the Catalans after his profitable summer time on the worldwide scene.
Olmo has now missed Barca‘s first two La Liga video games of the season and Flick has admitted he does not know when he will probably be obtainable for choice.
Talking after the victory, Flick mentioned: “I’ve hopes however I do not know. I can not management it. We’ve to give attention to what we want and in the present day we needed the three factors and we obtained them.”
Barca are hoping to dump extra gamers earlier than the switch window closes, which might enable them to register Olmo. Ilkay Gundogan has accomplished a return to Manchester Metropolis after only one season in Spain, whereas defender Julian Araujo has additionally moved to England with Bournemouth finishing a deal.
There has additionally been curiosity in versatile defender Andreas Christensen, with Manchester United, Newcastle United and Tottenham Hotspur all mentioned to be monitoring the Denmark worldwide, whereas fellow centre-back Eric Garcia stays a goal for Girona.
In the meantime, younger Brazilian Vitor Roque is anticipated to hitch Actual Betis on mortgage, having struggled to determine himself at Barca since his transfer from Athletico Paranaense in January.
