Dani Olmo hopes to end his playing career at Dinamo Zagreb and could eventually begin coaching at the Croatian club, according to his agent Andy Bara.
Olmo’s future has been the subject of speculation, with reports suggesting Bayern Munich are interested in taking the Barcelona player back to the Bundesliga. The Spain international does not have a guaranteed starting position at Barcelona and could have a more central role at the German club.
There have been no formal contacts between Bayern Munich and Olmo so far. However, Bara has outlined the player’s long-term ambitions, which reflect his strong connection with Croatia.
“He wants to finish his football career at Dinamo Zagreb and hopes to achieve that – perhaps even work as a coach, because he would like to start his coaching career there,” Bara said on the Inkubator podcast.
Olmo joined Dinamo Zagreb as a teenager and spent four years with the club before moving to RB Leipzig in 2020. Bara said the midfielder’s attachment to his former club remains clear, even while he is based in Barcelona.
“Dani still has the Dinamo shirt with number seven and his name on it at home, even now that he is at Barcelona,” Bara said.
“Other players talk to him, and everyone knows the story: when Olmo’s name is mentioned, Dinamo immediately comes to mind. His connection with Dinamo is much stronger than that of many people who are supposed to be connected with the club but are not.”
Donations to Vukovar
Bara also revealed that Olmo has regularly donated part of his income to the Croatian city of Vukovar, a gesture that had not previously been made public.
“Dani is very closely connected to Croatia. I will now reveal something people do not know – and I hope Dani does not mind, because I realise the Spanish media may also report it – since leaving Dinamo Zagreb, he has donated 2% of his total annual salary to the city of Vukovar,” Bara said, as reported by the Catalan newspaper Sport.
“These are significant amounts given the size of his income, and he continued doing it during his spells with RB Leipzig and now Barcelona. He does not speak publicly about it, but I wanted to mention it because it deserves recognition.”
Bara said his relationship with Olmo extends beyond football and financial matters.
“With Dani, it is not only professional. There may have been other deals that were more profitable for me financially, but they cannot compare with the feelings I have experienced with him from the beginning,” he said.
“Our relationship began when I persuaded him to come to Zagreb. I told him it was a beautiful and safe city, and that there was a club and a person – Zdravko Mamic at the time – who would support and help him.”
