In the early morning of December 30, Beijing time, Barca and team reporter Romero revealed that the renewal negotiations between Barca and Dembele have broken down. Dembele's contract expires in six months, and Barca is likely to run out of money.
According to Catalan Radio reporter Romero, Dembele wants Barca to provide a salary totaling 40 million euros. At the same time, he was given a renewal bonus of 20 million euros, that is, a signing fee.
But Barca are currently facing huge financial difficulties, unwilling to meet the conditions offered by Dembele and asking players to cut their salaries by 50% to renew their contracts, and the two sides are very divided.
Dembele, 24, did not hesitate to quit training in order to join Barca, and had a very unpleasant relationship with Dortmund. In the end, Barca spent 105 million yuan in basic transfer fees to barely complete the transfer. In addition, Dembele's contract comes with a floating clause of 40 million euros, for which 140 million have been paid so far.
But in these 4 years, Dembele was frequently injured, as many as 15 times, large and small, and became a regular in the medical room, along with Hazard and Bale, known as the three glassmen of La Liga. This season, Dembele has made 8 appearances in all competitions and scored 0 goals!
However, after messi, Suarez and Griezmann left, Dembele instantly became a feast, and in Xavi's eyes, it was even the cornerstone of Barca's revival, asking Barca's top brass to do his best to keep him.
Transfer expert Romano pointed out that Dembele believes that since Barca spent 55 million euros to sign Ferran Torres, proving that the club is not short of money, since they want to renew their contract, they should meet their own requirements. Moreover, Dembele has no shortage of suitors, and Newcastle has always intended to sign him.
So for two reasons, Dembele opened his mouth to the Barca lion and made such an exaggerated request.
Barca also face a dilemma, if not met Dembele's demands, the latter will be free to transfer in June, the 140 million euros spent on him is completely lost, can not get back a penny.
If Dembele is satisfied, Barca's finances will be even worse, and new signing Ferran Torres will not be able to register because of salary cap problems, and will not be able to play in the second half of the season.
Now, in front of Laporta are two bottles of poison, either to let Dembele leave the team on his own or to grievance Felan Torres and keep the Spain international from playing for at least six months.