The future of Ousmane Dembélé will be decided in less than 72 hours. As AS has learned, this Monday a summit is scheduled that is presented as decisive and definitive for the future of the French forward. The club attends the meeting with Ousmane’s agent, Moussa Sissoko, with very clear ideas and homework done, especially after the huge surprise, tinged with bitter disappointment, with which the Barcelona emissaries left last Thursday, after verifying how the French representative came down with totally unaffordable claims, and even more so when he claimed for himself a commission of 45 million as a transfer bonus.
Right now at the club they are very pessimistic about the end of this soap opera. Either Sissoko arrives at this last appointment with his feet on the ground and with the will to reach an agreement, or Barcelona will definitively close the negotiations. What they are very clear from the entity is that this operation will not be delayed: either the renewal is closed or the player will be transferred this January.
As reported by Sport and has been able to confirm AS, Xavi Hernández is enormously disappointed with the player’s attitude, especially since the player promised him on December 20 that he would renew, getting to shake hands to seal a supposed pact between knights. The feeling that the technician has right now is that Ousmane is a boy with little personality, very influenced by his surroundings, and the pretense of his agent to get a slice at all costs.
In any case, Xavi has not yet thrown in the towel and is one of the few who trusts that Dembélé will end up reconsidering and accepting the renewal proposed by the club. The coach continues to believe that, well managed, the winger can be a profitable player and even one of the best in the world in his position.
But what is clear is that as of Monday there will no longer be new chapters. If Ousmane accepts the renewal, the agreement will be announced immediately to LaLiga, in order to release a good part of the card -the new contract is clearly downward- and thus be able to automatically register Ferran Torres. If, on the other hand, Sissoko refuses in band to lower his claims, the club will inform him that the player will be put on the market immediately, with the threat even of being dismissed from the federation in the event that he does not accept a exit.