Olmo and Victor remain unregistered at Barcelona
The Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) and LaLiga have rejected Barcelona's latest request to extend Dani Olmo and Pau Victor's registration.
Barca has failed to re-register its summer signings for the second half of the season as it battles with the league's wage restrictions, despite continuing to make its case to the authorities at the beginning of this month.
The club signed Olmo in August for around €55 million ($91.3 million) and Victor in July but only registered them for the first half of the season because of LaLiga wage cap considerations.
Olmo, who helped Spain to European championship glory last year, has been an integral part of Barcelona's team this season, while forward Victor has been largely restricted to substitute appearances.
While it was agreed that the club could increase its Staff Cost Limit – the money it can spend – the sticking point is now that the case of Olmo and Victor needed to have been dealt with by 31 December 2024.
The Monitoring Committee of the RFEF-LaLiga Coordination Agreement said: "The Monitoring Committee agrees not to grant the visa or definitive license requested by FC Barcelona for the players Dani Olmo and Pau Victor in accordance with the articles that prevent a player whose license is cancelled during the course of the same season obtaining a license in the same club to which he was already linked."
Two courts had previously rejected the club's requests.
The latest ruling means that neither player will be available for the Copa del Rey tie against Barbastro.
Barca plans to file a complaint to the Spanish government in a last-ditch attempt to allow the pair to play, accoring to Spanish media reports. There was no immediate comment from Barcelona.
