Dani Olmo's future at Barcelona remains in the balance as the Catalan club pursue their legal battle to get the midfielder registered to play once more. There is precedent -- in 2015 Arda Turan and Aleix Vidal joined Barcelona but were frozen out for six months because the Catalan club was serving a ban which prevented them from registering players.

Barcelona's Dani Olmo and Pau Victor will be unable to play for the LaLiga side in the second half of the season, Spanish football authorities said on Saturday after rejecting the club's latest attempt to extend their registrations.

Coach Hansi Flick is “not happy” but expressed confidence in Barcelona as the club continues to try to register playmaker Dani Olmo for the rest of the season despite missing an end-of-the-year deadline to clear salary-cap space.

Barcelona coach Hansi Flick said he remains confident that Dani Olmo and Pau Víctor will be able to play for the club again this season.

Barcelona faces a legal and financial storm after failing to register €60M star Dani Olmo, with Real Madrid taking a surprising stance amid the chaos.

The Spanish Football Federation officially rejected Barcelona's attempts to register Dani Olmo and Pau Victor in a momentous decision on Saturday. The Catalan giants are unable to register Olmo and Victor due to their financial woes which has made the duo free agents for now.

La Liga and the Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) have officially rejected the license requests for Dani Olmo and Pau Victor made by FC Barcelona, citing regulations that prevent players from obtaining a new license within the same season if they are already linked to the club.