The reporter reported coldly In the last three years, Barcelona fans have become accustomed to the registration crisis that inevitably occurs every year. The difference is that Laporta has been used to perfection this year, and the registration of key players has failed, and it has become the scandal of the century in global football. But even more disappointing is that it was Olmo, who was born in the La Masia academy, who lost his registration. In the summer of 2014, at the age of 16, Olmo left Barcelona on a free transfer in search of a better career. Ten years later, at the end of 2024, Olmo, who has returned with enthusiasm, is once again facing the situation of leaving Barcelona as a free agent.

Seventeen years ago, Barça scouts broke their promise when they poached nine-year-old Olmo from Espanyol's academy. Last summer, Laporta's promise to return to Olmo was also disappointed. In order to return to his beloved Barcelona, Olmo dragged the 60 million euro release clause in his contract last summer until it expired, so that Barcelona could sign him for a lower price. Unexpectedly, after ten years, his loyalty was wrongly paid after all.

Infinite trust has been lost

In the course of the Olmo registration crisis, Olmo, who is the protagonist, seems to be the most powerless. The outside world is hotly discussing Laporta's various operations, and Olmo, who is on vacation in the United States, can only helplessly wait for the fate that has been arranged. He could only choose to believe Laporta's repeated commitment until December 31, when the professional league announced for the first time that he was disqualified, and on January 4, when the Spanish Football Federation and the professional league jointly announced that his registration was revoked and could not be re-registered by Barca.

Xala Porta's promise to Olmo last year was only rewarded at the last minute. Barcelona took advantage of Andreas Christensen's injury to invoke the "Supplementary Registration of Injuries" clause to complete a four-month provisional registration for Olmo. In this registration crisis, the Olmo team also had only patience and trust, and the players never even considered the situation after the registration failure.

Agents Andy Barra and Juanma López did make some moves, with the former even appearing in Manchester, but everything is still waiting for the results of Barca's submission of the vouchers on January 3 before they really enter the state of finding a way out for Olmo.

At 10 o'clock local time on the morning of the 4th, Laporta arrived at the Barcelona training base to meet with Olmo and Victor, who were informed of the failure of registration, to explain to the two disqualified players. Radio Serre revealed that both players were furious because the Barça president had not fulfilled his constant promises. In an effort to appease Olmo and Victor, Laporta even canceled plans to attend a reception and board lunch at the city hall where Barça's Copa del Rey rivals are located.

In this direct meeting, Laporta is still "painting cakes": Barcelona will appeal to the Spanish Supreme Council of Sport and its Sports Administrative Court. Because January 6 is a holiday in Spain, Barcelona's appeal will not be accepted until January 7 at the earliest. If it still fails, Barcelona will continue to appeal to the local civil court to obtain a preventive provisional registration for Olmo. But even if it succeeded, it only pushed the registration deadline from December 31 last year to February 3, when the winter window closed. Barcelona hope to allow Olmo to at least play in the Spanish Super Cup in Saudi Arabia and use that time to try to win court appeals. But no one knows what the probability of success of this set of firefighting measures is.

Ten years later, I was hurt even more by my feelings

Olmo had been hurt by Barca's unfulfilled promises a decade ago and had no choice but to leave. Ten years later, the nightmare returned and the injury was even deeper, because this time Barcelona could have ruined the peak of his career. In the past ten years, Olmo chose Barcelona's "feelings" twice, and was let down by Barcelona twice, which is the regret that disappointed Barcelona fans the most in this registration crisis.

In 2006, Olmo, who came through the Espanyol academy, refused the opportunity to take a photo with Messi just because he wanted to continue playing. But his father Miguel still completed the group photo against his will, and the unhappy expression of little Olmo, who was only 8 years old at the time, proved his emotions. Unexpectedly, he was poached to La Masia a year later, when he was promised that after he reached the age of 16, he would have the opportunity to enter the Barcelona B team and even be promoted to the first team.

In the summer of 2014, his father, Miguel, gave a comprehensive assessment of Olmo's situation in the Under-16s at Barcelona. When Olmo played for La Masia, he was the top scorer in four of his six seasons, but his teammates Cucurella, Alesia Calles Perez and even South Korea's "Barcelona Three" Lee Seung-woo and Jang Je-hee were promoted to the U18 echelon as they wished, and the biggest desperation was that Barcelona B spent 5 million euros to sign Halilovic from Dinamo Zagreb in the same position as Olmo. At that time, Olmo's future was by no means bright.

Dinamo Zagreb, which will make room for talented players in the first team, attracted Olmo with the successful precedents of Luka Modric and Mateo Kovacic. He played in the top flight at the age of 16 and became the best player in the Croatian league at the age of 20. After winning the Under-21 European Youth Championship with Spain's Under-21 team in 2019, Barcelona have made several attempts to resign the midfield talent they had given up. But before, Olmo couldn't see the prospect of getting the main position after returning to Barcelona, so he could only continue to wait.

After making a name for himself at the European Championships last summer, Laporta has vowed to sign Olmo and Nico Williams, along with Yamal to recreate the European champions at Barcelona. In the end, Olmo, who had Barcelona in mind, stayed up until the 60 million euro release fee in the contract expired before signing with Barcelona, saving the parent team at least 5 million euros for this. And after his agent warned of Barca's registration crisis, he chose to return, believing Laporta could complete the registration for the biggest signing of the summer. But what he didn't expect was that Laporta's promise was only valid for 4 months.

After the registration failed, Olmo still expressed his desire to continue playing for Barcelona. Unfortunately, the reality does not allow it, and compared to the uncertainty of waiting for the success of Barcelona's appeal, for the sake of his career and the future of the national team, Olmo's best choice can only be to activate the free agent clause to leave temporarily and seek the possibility of returning in the future. It's just that no one knows how long this return will have to wait. If this scene occurs, Olmo's football life will be the most bizarre since the birth of professional football.