Man Utd set to pay Ousmane Dembele’s release clause

Carlo Garganese

• 9 Apr 2023 20:00 BST
• 3 min read

Manchester United are willing to pay Ousmane Dembele’s release clause this summer.

According to Sport, Barcelona are powerless to stop Dembele from leaving as they are unable to offer him a raise on his current contract.

Dembele has a €50 million release clause in his contract that expires in 2024.

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The winger is requesting a raise on his salary to sign a new deal, but Barcelona’s financial problems mean this won’t be possible.

As a result, according to TodoFichajes, Man Utd are willing to pay Dembele’s release clause this summer to bring him to Old Trafford.

They will also give Dembele a significant salary increase.

Former Man Utd attacker Louis Saha believes that his ex-club should sign Dembele.

What did Saha say about Dembele?

“They should explore it as it would be a bargain,” Saha told Betfred a few weeks ago.

“I would want players that would be a guaranteed success for Manchester United and with Dembele, you’re going to get goals, you’re going to get assists but for me, he hasn’t reached his full potential and that’s frustrating to see.

“I see him as a potential wasted talent because the guy is so good and there’s no other player like him. When you look at the likes of Jadon Sancho and Ousmane competing with each other, then that’s magic competition there, oh my god. It would be a sensational frontline.”

Dembele had seemed certain to leave Barcelona last summer when his contract expired on June 30 last year.

But Dembele’s entourage reopened contract talks with Barcelona once his contract expired and eventually re-signed him to a new deal.

The new deal contained a clause that can allow him to leave for just €50m, with half of that money going to the player.

Dembele joined Barcelona in 2017 from Borussia Dortmund in a €105m deal but has struggled for fitness during much of his time at Camp Nou.

He has scored 40 goals in 178 games for the club.