Dani Olmo‘s registration has been one of the issues that has been hanging around since the winter transfer window and the final decision is close to being made. The president of the Higher Sports Council (CSD), José Manuel Rodríguez Uribes, said that the organisation has until 7 April to make a final decision and made it clear that it continues to back the precautionary measure.
“Faced with the dilemma of playing or not playing while the matter is being resolved, we clearly saw that he had to play. The footballer has the right to a normal development of his professional career and it is a precedent that we are going to apply to any other situation, in any other sport,” he explained.
“What we have here is a discrepancy, a disagreement, a conflict, call it what you will, between FC Barcelona, LaLiga and the Federation and we as the Higher Sports Council feel obliged, in accordance with the Sports Law which says that athletes must always be protected, to ensure that the footballers are not harmed by this conflict,” he said.
The role of Real Madrid in the Olmo case
In recent days there has been much comment on the role of Real Madrid in this whole issue and the president of the CSD made it clear that what the Whites did was respect the precautionary decision. A position that he is “very” grateful for, and he said that they will make a final decision on the matter “in the next few days”.
Regarding a possible intervention by the president of Real Madrid, Florentino Pérez, to favor the precautionary measure, something that the president of LaLiga Javier Tebas hinted at in the last few hours, Uribes ironically assured that it is “the world upside down” because it seems that the Madrid club “is delighted”.
“Football is sometimes a lot of fun, they come up with some strange things. According to some reports, Real Madrid seem to be delighted with the Dani Olmo situation, it’s the world upside down, but hey, what Real Madrid did was respect the decision of the CSD and I really appreciate it. By the way, not Real Madrid, eighty or ninety percent of the clubs understood it,” he said.