The midfielder Dani Olmo landed in Barcelona and it is expected that in the next few days his signing by the Barcelona entity will be made official, after the agreement in principle was reached with Leipzig.
The idea of the blue and red club is that next Thursday, August 8, the relevant test will take place medical check and on Saturday he can train with the team Hansi Flick, in the event that Barça and Leipzig close the definitive agreement.
According to different sources, the operation could be closed around sixty million euros, although a quarter of that time would depend on different variables, and the contract will be for the next six seasons.
The agreement, which had been outlined last week, was accelerated this Monday with the trip of the Barcelona sports director, Anderson da Souza ‘Deco’to Leipzig to meet with the German club’s top management along with the footballer’s representatives.
Elm, which He had offers from Manchester United and Bayern Munich, He trained at La Masia and left the Blaugrana in 2014. Trained in the Terrassa youth academy, he signed for Espanyol and later for Barcelona, where he played for seven years in the lower categories.
But he decided to embark on a new path by accepting an offer from Dinamo Zagreb and at the age of sixteen he swapped Barcelona for the Croatian city.
There he grew as a footballer and at the end of 2020, during the winter transfer market, Dinamo Zagreb accepted an offer from Leipzig, and Dani Olmo changed teams.
The economic operation is subject to the fact that the Barcelona get approval from LaLiga to be able to operate in the market again without restrictions (1:1 rule), something that would be achieved if it manages to balance its accounts.
To do this, it needs to cover the accounting hole it left in its treasury. the non-payment of 40 million euros planned in the budget for the 2023-24 season by Libero Finance, a German company that acquired 29.5% of Barça Visión.
