It would appear that a move by Paris Saint-Germain for Barcelona’s Ousmane Dembele is close to being concluded, after the French giants apparently assuaged the star with a deal reportedly worth three times what Barca were offering.
The Catalans shouldn’t really be surprised that the winger has no loyalty because he proved that at Borussia Dortmund when wanting the move to the Camp Nou.
It was reported at the time by ESPN and others that the then 19-year-old went on strike to force through the switch. Hardly the sort of attitude that’s likely to endear you to your employers.
Up until recently, he was something of an enigma as a player at Barca.
When he was good there was no doubting his talent, however, he was injured far too often. Even when he wasn’t, his final ball wasn’t befitting of a player supposedly worth over €100m.
Had he scored at the very end of Barca’s first-leg win over Liverpool in the Champions League, a game the Catalans won 3-0, it’s arguable that the Reds would’ve been unable to claw back the five goals they needed. Instead, he fluffed an easy chance and the rest is history.
In the recent El Clasico we saw the wide man score a sumptuous effort from a well-worked free-kick and then miss an absolute sitter when clean through.
Ousmane Dembele still isn’t consistent enough and if PSG are willing to take him, then Barca need to do everything possible to get him gone.
Oh man,
I’m sorry, but I hate him. He is so terrible, I never understand why he gets good ratings and praise by the press… do we watch the same games?
Out of 10-15 crosses maybe 1 finds its target. that’s maybe good enough against mediocre opponents, but in the big games, when u don’t get as many chances he’s just a waste.
many terrible passes/crosses, he often is too fast for his own good, can’t control the ball. and his finishing is just out of this world (bad)
just go on YouTube and search for one of his missed chances compilations
I sincerely hope that Barca will finally get rid of him
but it worries me for too long already, that if they kept on extending his contract, the management won’t turn around barca’s faith anytime soon…
he’s just one example of terrible investments
Dembele
Coutinho
Andre Gomes
Malcom
Griezmann
Ferran Torres
Pjanic
Braithewaite (when they could get Haaland for the same amount)
Turan
Denis Suarez
Alonso
Trincao
Raphinha
Bellerin
Aguero
Eric Garcia
Adama Traore
Luuk de Jong
Firpo
Paco Alcacer
Boateng
Lucas Dinge
Deulofeu
Alex Vidal
not all of them were always terrible, but bringing them in at the end of their careers, to Barca?!?
now tell me that management didn’t get some money for those deals, otherwise they make no sense at all