Barcelona president Joan Laporta has sent something of a message of appreciation the way of arch rivals Real Madrid.This comes owing to Real’s stance on the efforts of the Blaugrana to register

Joan Laporta has revealed that he thanked Real Madrid and their president Florentino Perez for their support in the Dani Olmo registration saga.

Dani Olmo's future at Barcelona remains in the balance as the Catalan club pursue their legal battle to get the midfielder registered to play once more.There is precedent -- in 2015 Arda Turan and Aleix Vidal joined Barcelona but were frozen out for six months because the Catalan club was serving a ban which prevented them from registering players.

Barcelona president Joan Laporta defends Barcelona after their recent registration controversy with Dani Olmo and Pau Victor.

Barcelona president Joan Laporta defended his handling of the Dani Olmo registration issue and lashed out at enemies attacking the club in a fiery speech on Tuesday.Laporta said one of the reasons for the registration debacle was because the club did not accept a new sponsorship deal with sportswear brand Nike in the summer.