Barcelona tell Dembele he will NEVER play for them again
FT Desk
- 16 Jan 2022 13:20 GMT
- 3 min read
Barcelona have instructed Ousmane Dembele that he won’t play for Barcelona again after the club indefinitely ended contract renewal talks.
That is according to respected Barcelona journalist Gerard Romero, who reports that the Blaugrana have informed the player that their contract renewal offer has been withdrawn and that he will not play for the club again.
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Dembele’s contract at Camp Nou expires at the end of June but Barcelona had been very keen for the winger to renew.
Manager Xavi and president Joan Laporta have persistently praised Dembele in recent months and urged him to pen a new deal.
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And this campaign had appeared to have worked as it had seemed last month as if Dembele was on the verge of signing a new deal.
However, negotiations suddenly ground to a halt at the turn of the year.
It was recently reported by L’Equipe that Dembele was demanding a financial package worth an incredible €240 million in order to sign a new contract at Barcelona.
Dembele was requesting a contract worth €40m per year gross for five seasons. He is also demanding a €40m signing-on fee.
🚨 Barcelona have told Ousmane Dembélé that they have withdrawn their contract extension offer.
The club has communicated to the player that he will no longer play for Barça. ❌
(Source: @gerardromero) pic.twitter.com/LKenpWGUs1— Transfer News Live (@DeadlineDayLive) January 16, 2022
Romero has confirmed that the overall €240m figure is accurate, although he differs in how the €40m worth of add-ons are divided.
Dembele is unhappy that Barcelona were offering him a contract at much-reduced wages while at the same time putting together a huge economic deal in order to sign Ferran Torres from Man City for €55m plus €10m in add-ons.
Following Romero’s claims on Sunday, it now seems inevitable that Dembele will be leaving Barca either this month or on a Bosman transfer at the end of the season.
A host of Premier League clubs are interested in signing Dembele, as are PSG and Juventus.
Dembele joined Barcelona for €105m plus €40m in add-ons from Borussia Dortmund in 2017, but has been a major disappointment due to a host of injuries.
