LaLiga president Javier Tebas has said the league is still fighting to have Barcelona forward Dani Olmo unregistered for the second half of the season.

La Liga president Javier Tebas has said that the league was still fighting to have Barcelona forward Dani Olmo unregistered for the second half of the season.

Barcelona star Dani Olmo remains absent from their squad ahead of this weekend’s La Liga clash with Valencia.La Blaurgana are aiming to boost their flagging title hopes in the coming days as

The previous youngest side picked by Hansi Flick this season was for the away match to Osasuna on 28 September 2024 – a heavily rotated side – with young players like Lamine Yamal only appearing off the bench. That day saw Barça lose 4-2 with a team with an average age of 23 years and 292 days old.

Previous manager Xavi wanted a big name in the position, but the closest he got was bringing a then 32-year-old Ilkay Gundogan in from Manchester City in the summer of 2023. Gundogan ended up starting 33 La Liga matches and nine Champions League games for Barca in 2023-24.

Olmo complained of muscular discomfort in his calf after featuring as a substitute in the LaLiga draw against Getafe on Saturday and Barca have now confirmed his absence

Barcelona could only muster a 1-1 draw at Getafe on Saturday in La Liga as they were unable to recover ground on the top two in the Spanish title race.

Barcelona are back in LaLiga action on Saturday away at Getafe, with the hosts battling relegation ahead of the Estadio Coliseum matchup. Hansi Flick's men have lost their last two in the Spanish top division to drop to third in the standings,

Ansu Fati continues to insist on staying at FC Barcelona even though he is clearly no longer a part of Hansi Flick’s plans at the club.Since returning from his latest muscle injury at the start of

Barcelona have already secured their spot in the last-16 stage of the Champions League, sitting second in the overall table, picking up 18 points from their seven matches, with only Liverpool performing better in the competition.

Barcelona made sure of second place in the Champions League on Wednesday after being held to a 2-2 draw by plucky Atalanta, who failed in their mission for direct qualification for the last 16.

Meanwhile, Atalanta are without Ivorian loanee from Leverkusen Odilon Kossounou in defence and Italian international striker Gianluca Scamacca up front. Most seriously of all, they are also missing star forward Ademola Lookman to a knee problem.