Ousmane Dembélé continues to star in many of the headlines of the FC Barcelona. The Frenchman’s contract ends on June 30 this year and he has not yet decided (or announced) where he will go following completing his time at the Camp Nou. In the meantime, He is part of Xavi Hernández’s plans and will play when appropriate, aware that it might be important to ‘shake up’ the team (as happened once morest Athletic). However, his future might have an unexpected script change.
It is not a secret that the factor that completely broke down the negotiations between ‘Dembouz’ and the Barça leaders was the economic one. The player’s agent came to ask for astronomical figures that the Camp Nou were not going to pay. He stood on a salary of 200 million euros for the next five courses (regarding 40 gross ‘kilos’ per season, 20 net).
In addition to that, the Frenchman asked for another 40 ‘kilos’ of commissions to renew his agreement, half for him and the other 20 million for his agent. Barça rejected the possibility and Dembele decided that it was not going to renew, but everything seems to indicate that, for the time being, the international with France has no plan B or team to join as of July 1when he will stop being part of the Barça dynamic… Something that would ‘force’ him to give his arm to twist with the Catalans?
‘SPORT’ has reported that two of the clubs that sounded like a possible destination, Juventus and Chelsea, have dropped out of the bidding for the signing due to economic demands of Dembélé and his environment. As in Can Barça, they are not willing to offer him an annual salary of 40 million euros… far from it.
Likewise, Juventus have had more reasons to step aside. They do not want to forge an enmity with the culé entity (being ‘partners’ in the Superliga) and, despite the fact that they were very interested in the ‘Mosquito’, they consider that the signing of Dusan Vlahovic and the possible renewal of Paulo Dybala is enough to ‘keep’ the Bianconeri team’s attack alive.
Chelsea, on the other hand, is going through a very delicate moment following Roman Abramovich will announce his departure from the club and its sale. It is unlikely that the ‘blue’ team will enter the bid for any player in the short term, so any operation will remain on ‘stand by’. In January, they were one of the first to take an interest in Dembélé.
Complicated situation for ‘Dembouz’
Bayern and PSG have already announced that they have no intentions (for now) of signing the Frenchman. Manchester United, on the other hand, still have serious options to acquire the player’s services, despite the fact that in January they flatly denied any type of negotiation with Vernon’s. It remains to be confirmed, in any case, if they will accept the economic conditions set by the French.
Thus, the way has been opened for a hypothetical renewal of Dembélé with Barça. That yes, in ‘SPORT’ recognize that they will be attentive to all the steps and they will not give ground with Moussa Sissoko, with whom they are very angry following all the hell that the negotiation entailed in recent months.