Barça star had extended until 2024 | The 50m clause in Dembélé’s contract – FOOTBALL

In the summer, Ousmane Dembélé (25) after a long hic-hack FC Barcelona signed a new contract until 2024.

So far so good.

Like the French now The Team reported, the contract in summer 2023 contains a release clause of 50 million euros. A lot of money with a contract period of only one year.

Why did Barça include the clause in the contract? The club still has financial worries (€1.35bn in debt), could generate cash if Dembélé were sold.

According to L’Équipe, during the negotiations, Barcelona accommodated Dembélé on salary. On the other hand, the French world champion has made concessions on the signing fee, i.e. the earnest money.

To be precise: Dembélé did not receive any earnest money at all, his advisors would have waived any kind of commission.

Which in turn makes the 50 million clause all the more important: because if it is really drawn by a club next summer, L’Équipe writes that 50 percent of the sum will go to Dembélé and his representatives. That would be a handsome hand money!

In this way, the cash-strapped club fulfilled Dembélé’s demands through the back door, so to speak, because no further money had to be raised for the contract extension this summer. Coal, which the Catalans then had left over, to professionals like Robert Lewandowski (34/45 million transfer fee to Bayern), Jules Koundé (23/50 million transfer fee to Sevilla) or Raphinha (25/58 million transfer fee). Leeds United) to commit.

The whole contract could also mean that Dembélé will force a move to another club in the summer of 2023 – because he knows that he can cash in again.

Dembélé, who is repeatedly plagued by injuries, has made a promising start to the season: the offensive dribbler has already scored two goals and four assists in eight competitive games. Advertising on our own behalf, so to speak…