The alleged king of dribbling has been the victim of a surprising and metaphorical spout. Ousmane Dembélé flew to Paris last Thursday with a pen in hand, ready to sign his new five-year contract with PSG, but after three days he had to return because the contract that linked him and continues to link FC Barcelona continues. the one that expires in 2024. The dribbler dribbled. At half past seven this afternoon, as confirmed by ‘La Vanguardia’, Dembélé stepped onto the pitch of the Blaugrana sports complex.
Dembélé’s goodbye is taken for granted but the negotiations to formalize it are complex and have become very complicated. The agreement is known. The price of the transfer was set by Barça and Dembélé in the last renewal, in the month of January. It was then agreed that if a team appeared with 50 million euros during the summer of 2023, the player could not only negotiate his departure but would keep 25 of those 50 million. One of the agreed conditions forced the player, through his agent Moussa Sissoko, to advise of his will before July 31, which he did.
The management and executive leadership of FC Barcelona, ??very upset with the Frenchman because they consider that he has been coddled and even consented to by the club in exchange for nothing, are convinced that the agreement reached by both parties, which would justify payment to the footballer of half of the 50 million that PSG must pay, has not been fulfilled by the player in its entirety. Those unfulfilled clauses would allow the Barça club according to their version to take a bigger pinch and that is why no progress is being made. Sissoko defends the opposite and according to his criteria they have complied with everything stipulated by the private agreement they reached.
The situation has become entrenched to such an extent that prosecution of the case is not ruled out.
While Dembélé arrived at the sports city of Sant Joan Despí, acclaimed by a group of fans in a somewhat surreal scene, and trained with his teammates under Xavi Hernández, another footballer, Franck Kessié, was absent. The Ivorian midfielder does have the permission of his coach to close his exit to the Saudi league. The operation could bring Barça between 10 and 15 million euros.
