the french striker Ousmane Dembélé stopped being a player of FC Barcelona this Friday and officially became a free agent. This does not yet mean that his future is far from the Camp Nou, since his is already former team It is one of the options that he is considering to sign a new contract.
The sports management of the entity and the footballer have been negotiating the renewal of the contract that expired this Thursday for almost a year. The club expected to receive a response from the striker’s agent, Moussa Sissokto the last offer presented.
for now there is no agreement between the parties and, despite the alleged offers that improved Barça’s proposal, the reality is that, as of July 1, 2022, Dembélé is without a team and is a free agent.
The Barça, that looks for extreme in a moment of economic emergenciesdoes not rule out yet that the French international accepts the renewal offer, considerably lower when compared to his previous contract.
However, the club does not contemplate improve the proposalso now everything is in the hands of the player and, above all, his agent, who in the negotiations asked for a succulent renewal premium.
His time at Barcelona
Dembélé’s career at Barça began on August 25, 2017, when at that time he became the most expensive signing of the club’s history.
At that time the club was in a hurry after Neymar’s goodbye to Paris Saint-Germain and with the 222 million euros in his pocket after receiving the payment of the Brazilian’s clause. Josep Maria Bartomeu’s board of directors paid Borussia Dortmund 105 million euros plus another 40 in variables to seize the services of the promising winger.
In the five seasons with Barça, Dembélé has suffered 13 injuries that have forced him to be out for almost 700 days and miss almost 100 official matches. Or put another way: he played 150 games in which he scored 32 goals and distributed 33 assists.
In the last season of his contract, Xavi Hernandez He emerged as one of Dembélé’s great defenders, who became the starter and finished the course completing a total of 13 assists, although he only celebrated two goals.
