The Spanish Higher Sports Council (CSD) and La Liga are locked in a bitter dispute over the registration by Barcelona of Dani Olmo and Pau Victor, with CSD head José Manuel Rodríguez Uribes becoming the first to go on record as saying flatly that La Liga head Javier Tebas is “just wrong.”
The dispute broke out after La Liga initially rejected the players’ registrations on a technicality, and then the CSD overturned the decision on legal grounds.
Talking to El Chiringuito TV, Uribes emphasized that CSD’s ruling was purely procedural, not opinion.
“This wasn’t opinion–it was a matter of law,” he explained, asserting that La Liga and the Spanish FA (RFEF) failed to adopt the right procedure, invalidating their initial refusal.
He admitted that this technicality most likely allowed Olmo to carry on playing, laughing, “Seen that way, yeah, probably.”
Uribes rejected criticisms that Tebas was obstinately stubborn, stating, “He’s just wrong. It doesn’t make sense to continue if things weren’t done correctly.”
The rift escalated over whether Barcelona respected economic deadlines, with Uribes disclosing La Liga initially sanctioned the club’s January 3 submission before reconsidering.
Despite La Liga’s objection to the CSD’s decision, Uribes was adamant, stating the council would respect the court’s judgment if it favored them.
Olmo and Victor are yet to be denied, but the court case can still derail Barcelona’s project.
The row is an obvious indication of the worsening divide between Spanish governing bodies of football and bureaucratic blunders attributing tangible on-pitch ramifications.
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💣💥 @jmrdezuribes, PRESIDENTE DEL CSD, con @jpedrerol: “Dani Olmo está jugando gracias al error de Tebas”.
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