Leipzig (dpa)
A media report stated that Barcelona officials held negotiations with representatives of Dani Olmo, the team's former academy player and current Leipzig player, to seek the player's opinion about returning to the team. The report, published by the newspaper “Mundo Deportivo”, spoke of a positive meeting that took place last Wednesday between Deco, the club’s sporting director, Olmo’s agents, Juanma Lopez and Andy Parra, and the player’s father.
Olmo's contract with Leipzig extends until 2027, but reports stated that it includes a penalty clause of 60 million euros ($64 million).
The high value of the release clause may be a crisis for Barcelona, which is suffering from financial hardship, and which, according to the report, hopes to pay the value of the deal to RB Leipzig in installments.
Olmo (25 years old) was a member of the Barcelona academy, but he left for the Dinamo Zagreb team as a young man in 2024, after which he joined the Leipzig team in 2020, and became a key player in the German team, but the player suffered many injuries, and missed 11 matches in the German League. This season.
#Barcelona #asks #Olmo #installments