FC Barcelona are currently facing an extraordinary situation as they were unable to get their two signings of the last summer transfer window, Dani Olmo and Pau Víctor, registered with La Liga before the 31st December deadline passed.
As things stand, the two players have already been deregistered by the league, and if the Blaugranes do not quickly solve this issue, these two players might not be able to play for Flick again for the rest of this season.
While this situation is quite new for Barcelona, this is not really new for La Liga. As SPORT has noted, there is already a precedent of some players facing such a situation in the past.
One such player who suffered due to a similar situation was Pedro Leon, whom Getafe were unable to register in 2014 because they had already exceeded their €17 million salary limit. As a result, the Spaniard was unable to play for Getafe for half a season.
In that case, both AFE and RFEF supported the midfielder by issuing him a license to play in the upcoming league match. However, the LFP declared the license invalid, warning that Getafe would face penalties if they fielded him.
Although a court eventually allowed him to play six months after the controversy, the player was forced to endure a lengthy legal battle with the league to resolve the matter.
Another rather peculiar precedent of such a situation was when Malaga were unable to register four of their players, Okazaki, Jose Rodriguez, Mula, and Ivan Rodriguez because they would have exceeded their salary limit.
In this case, Okazaki, who was the most notable of these four players, ended up leaving Malaga, while the other three players had to wait half a year before being able to play again. Thus, these precedents would not encourage Barcelona too much in their current situation.
