Barcelona have been hit by an injury blow to key playmaker Dani Olmo ahead of their next game against Benfica in the Champions League on Tuesday evening.

Barcelona are aiming to secure an automatic spot in the UEFA Champions League Round of 16 as they head to Benfica on January 21. The Catalan giants require just one more win to reach the knockout stages with two games left to play in the new league format of the competition this season.

The President of the Royal Spanish Football Federation Rafael Louzan has stated that they may challenge Barcelona’s court injunction related to the registration of Dani Olmo and Pau Victor. The

Dani Olmo still can't feature for Barcelona given the team's failure to register him in La Liga because of financial issues.

Raphinha has said that players could question whether to join Barcelona in the future after Dani Olmo and Pau Victor were de-registered from their first-team squad. On January 4, Barcelona were planning to file a complaint to the Spanish government in their final attempt to register the two players after La Liga and the Spanish Federation (RFEF) refused to alter their stance on the registrations.

Barcelona have been given temporary permission to register Dani Olmo after lodging an appeal, but the star was not even named on the bench for their Spanish Super Cup semi-final on Wednesday night.

Spain’s government has stepped to provisionally allow midfielder Dani Olmo and forward Pau Víctor to continue playing for Barcelona following the Spanish league’s refusal to do so.

FC Barcelona's squad list for its Champions League league phase trip to Benfica on Tuesday had an unexpected surprise when published at the turn of the week.

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Sporting would apparently want former Coventry star Gyokeres’ £80m release clause paid in full to sell him mid-season, though United have to sell to buy first and reportedly could offload both Marcus Rashford and summer signing Joshua Zirkzee in the weeks ahead.

Dani Olmo has scored six goals and registered three assists in 18 appearances since joining Barcelona from RB Leipzig in August