BarcelonaA meeting between Barça and Dembélé was scheduled for this Friday to put an end to the series about its renewal. The season is over and at the Camp Nou they need to know urgently if the winger decides to accept Barça’s proposal or if he wants to pack up and go to another club for free. Basically, to plan the staff for next year. But the footballer is in no hurry. On the contrary. When everyone assumed that there would be a resolution, Dembélé’s agent replied that he did not know yet and asked for more time to think about it.
“The future of Ousmane is still open and we will not enter into endless speculation. We are and have always been very respectful of all clubs and will continue in the same way as long as the process continues. When the time is right to make a decision, the Ousmane will consider what is the best option for his future, “said Moussa Sissoko in a statement.
The answer came the day after the publication of information that Dembélé had already decided to leave Barça, and another in The Parisianwhich indicated that Paris Saint-Germain – the club where until now it had been assumed that he would go to play – had changed his mind and was no longer interested in it, both for the footballer’s financial pretensions and for a change of sports priorities.
In the locker room, Dembélé’s response did not take anyone by surprise. “It’s still unpredictable,” they reply from Sant Joan Despí, where they would like it to continue. At the club, on the other hand, they run out of patience. President Joan Laporta said a The Sports that Dembélé had “the proposal and a deadline.” And both the president and Mateu Alemany, the chief executive of the sports area, do not want to move an inch of the proposal they have made.
Negotiations between Barça and Dembélé have been stalled for a year
In fact, the conversations have been stalled for a year. Once the 2021 summer market closed, Mateu Alemany contacted Dembélé’s agent to discuss the renewal, as Dembélé was facing his last year of contract and the club did not want him to leave for free. There was no agreement and in January, drowned out by the payroll and the limits imposed by the League, Barça changed their minds and tried to break away from the player. He even offered her the letter of release. There was no pact either. He still did not want to renew and the sports leadership decided to tear the cards apart. Xavi, however, was able to reverse the situation and convinced those above to return Dembélé to the discipline of the first team.
Initially, the Camp Nou suspected that Dembélé already had an agreement with another team, but the days passed and there was no news. For this reason, and as Xavi continued to insist that the club renew the end, the sports leadership agreed to make one last attempt to extend the contract. But at least for now, it’s not possible.
