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LaLiga: Diego Simeone fumes over Barça’s registration of Dani Olmo, Pau Victor

Published

1 year ago

January 13, 2025

Atletico Madrid manager, Diego Simeone, has expressed his anger over two the Spanish National Sports Council’s decision to allow Barcelona to register two more players, Dani Olmo and Pau Victor.

Simeone said he is not in support of such decision, insisting that his club has abide by the rules of La Liga.

Barcelona has been unable to register Olmo and Victor since bringing in them in the summer.

LaLiga: Diego Simeone fumes over Barça’s registration of Dani Olmo, Pau Victor

Atletico Madrid manager, Diego Simeone, has expressed his anger over two the Spanish National Sports Council’s decision to allow Barcelona to register two more players, Dani Olmo and Pau Victor.

Simeone said he is not in support of such decision, insisting that his club has abide by the rules of La Liga.

Barcelona has been unable to register Olmo and Victor since bringing in them in the summer.

However, the soap opera is now over as the Catalan side has been given the green light to provisionally register the pair.

Reports in LaLiga suggests that clubs were divided on their stance with Olmo’s case, with clubs like Atletico Madrid and Sevilla, who have representatives in the league’s delegation committee, strongly opposed to Barcelona.

With the successful provisional re-registration of Dani Olmo and Pau Victor back into the Barcelona squad, the news continues to stir massive reactions in Spain.

Speaking ahead of their clash with Osasuna, made his stance on the matter known. The Argentine said via Tribal Football,

“It’s better that I keep quiet, that’s all. Our club, like all members of La Liga until this resolution, has respected the rules of economic control and will continue to respect them,” he said.

“Indeed, in order to be competitive at the level we have reached in recent years, we have decided to proceed with various capital increases, despite the enormous effort that this implies.”

In the aftermath of the Spanish National Sports Council’s decision, Atletico Madrid voiced its discontent in a statement on its website.

“…This government intervention creates a very dangerous precedent, as it opens the door to circumventing the rules and repeating the serious mistakes of the past…” part of the statement said.

SportsNews

2026 World Cup: Super Eagles waiting for FIFA’s decision – Iwobi

Published

2 hours ago

February 6, 2026

Ekwutos Blog

Super Eagles playmaker, Alex Iwobi, has admitted they are waiting to see if the team would still play at the 2026 World Cup.

The Nigeria Football Federation, NFF, is optimistic of a potential lifeline from FIFA, after it submitted a petition against the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Iwobi was asked by SuperSport if he would rather lift the AFCON 2025 trophy or qualify for the World Cup?

The 29-year-old, who played at the 2018 of the World Cup, replied: “I mean we’re still waiting, well hopefully we can go to the World Cup, but I feel it’s a tough one.

“It’s a tough one because winning AFCON is like… It’s a great legacy, it’s a great thing to have like in your career, a memorable moment.

“But then at the same time, because I’ve been to the World Cup already, a lot of the players haven’t been. They would like to say ‘I want to go to the World Cup,’ so I can’t be selfish and say win the AFCON and for my teammates to not go to the World Cup. So it’s a tough one. I don’t know. I don’t know.”

Politics

PRESIDENT TINUBU CONDOLES WITH SAMUEL CHUKWUEZE OF THE SUPER EAGLES ON THE PASSING OF HIS MOTHER

Published

7 days ago

January 30, 2026

Ekwutos Blog

President Bola Tinubu sends his condolences

to Super Eagles forward Samuel Chukwueze on the passing of his mother.

The President also extends his sympathies to the family and friends of Mrs Sarah Chukwueze, who passed away on Thursday.

President Tinubu mourns with the Chukwueze family and encourages them to find solace in the memory and legacy of their late matriarch.

“The passing of Mrs Chukwueze, the mother of one of our bright football stars, just a few days after the passing of Super Eagles’ captain Wilfred Ndidi’s father, is deeply saddening.

I mourn with them, and I am with them in prayers during this difficult time,” the President says.

President Tinubu prays that God Almighty will grant the departed eternal rest.

Bayo Onanuga
Special Adviser to the President
(Information and Strategy)