Barcelona president Joan Laporta
Barcelona's attempts to register Dani Olmo and Pau Victor has taken another twist. Journalist Gerard Romero has shared club president Joan Laporta's WhatsApp status which has provided a new angle to the Catalans' war with the Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) and LaLiga.
Barcelona signed the Spanish duo last summer but could only register them until the end of the year. They were previously confident of re-registering Olmo and Victor by Friday, January 3.
However, it now appears that LaLiga has no intention of doing so. The Catalans are now in danger of losing both players for free unless they are registered soon.
On Friday night, Laporta briefly shared a message - seemingly from RFEF - on WhatsApp status that outlined why Barcelona was confident of securing registration for both players. The message read:
