Joan Laporta denounced an attack on Barcelona “by land, air and sea” and insisted there was no reason why he should resign as he spoke publicly for the first time since the club were allowed to register Dani Olmo and Pau Víctor in defiance of the ruling by La Liga and the country’s football federation.
The Barcelona president claimed the club had correctly presented “all” the documentation needed to register Olmo and Víctor by the 31 December deadline but admitted they had not been able to provide the proof of income to comply with financial controls until 3 January. He alleged that was through no fault of their own and that the league made unexpected and unnecessary demands of Barcelona, hinting that the federation (RFEF) had said the registration should have been completed.
