Surprising behind-the-scenes details revealed: With just one phone call, Perez influenced two Barcelona players to pass the registration

Few issues have caused more anger and outrage in Spanish football this season than the registrations of Dani Olmo and Pau Victor. After Barcelona missed the deadline to re-register both players at the end of December, they were deregistered by La Liga and the Spanish Football Federation (RFEF), theoretically ruling them out of the game for the rest of the season.

Barcelona have protested that they had done everything in due time in their re-registration, and it was only La Liga's demands for additional guarantees - in this case proof of funds - that delayed their re-registration, something that is not in the regulations. Barcelona then took the matter to the Ministry of Sport, securing a temporary injunction to keep Olmon and Victor registered while their case to do so is finally resolved.

The case will be decided by early April at the latest, at which point Barcelona could lose Olmon and Victor if the case goes against them. La Liga and the RFEF have also challenged the decision in court. However, according to Catalonia Radio, Barcelona had a helping hand in their attempt to get that order, from none other than Real Madrid president Florentino Perez.

They explain that Perez called the President of the Supreme Court of Sport, Jose Manuel Rodriguez Uribes, lobbying them to accept the order requested by Barcelona, ​​and that this is a version of events defended by La Liga president Javier Tebas and other leaders in the competition. They are convinced that Perez's intervention was crucial for Barcelona to be able to continue playing with Olmo and Victor.

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It is also noted that Perez and Barcelona president Joan Laporta are in regular contact and maintain a cordial relationship. The Real Madrid president also played a role in Laporta's return to the Barcelona presidency, helping him secure the bank guarantee necessary for the swearing-in of his board in 2021.

Many clubs expressed their fury at the decision to grant Barcelona the emergency bail, with some calling La Liga 'fake'. Tebas has also stressed that Real Madrid were not among them publicly, rejecting their behaviour. This comes in the context of Perez recently stating at Real Madrid's General Assembly that Barcelona were a big club like them and that the two had to help each other. /Telegraph/