PSG would still be interested in French international Ousmane Dembélé, whom FC Barcelona could sell off …
After the ouster of Thomas Tuchel on Christmas Eve, PSG are preparing the induction of Mauricio Pochettino as the club’s new coach. Leonardo, the sporting director, may have put aside some recruiting files. It is also said that the new Argentine coach would already like the arrival of Christian Eriksen, his former playmaker at Tottenham and currently undesirable for Inter Milan.
However, the Catalan media Sport.es assures, Saturday, that the Parisian management recently contacted the entourage ofOusmane Dembele (23 years). FC Barcelona, only 5th in Liga and soon opposed to… PSG in the round of 16 of the Lchampions league, seeks above all to strengthen, in the coming days, with an experienced and inexpensive central defender (Antonio Rüdiger and Shkodran Mustafi would be in the sights).
“Dembouz” free in 2022 …
The arrival of Memphis Depay, coming from OL, even for a few million euros, therefore remains in suspense. The recruitment of the Dutch striker, aborted last summer, will only take place in the event of a departure in the offensive sector. Martin Braithwaite was on the transfer list but the dynamic Dane is making a difference.
It is therefore “Dembouz” who could be sold off, a year and a half from the end of his contract. Barça does not want to extend the 2018 world champion and must find a taker in 2021 to recover a few tens of millions of euros. Recruited for the insane sum of € 130 million in 2017, when Barça had just let Neymar go to Paris, the dribbler trained at Stade Rennais has never won at the Blaugranas. PSG don’t have a lot of money to spend, however, and Sport.es may not know …
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