I thought the drama was over and the story was over, but I didn't expect that the drama had just begun, and the once-worthy 135 million striker publicly spoke out on social media: "I will never succumb to blackmail!" ”
In the early morning of January 21, Beijing time, Dembele, who is still a Barca player, rarely posted a long post on social media, dembele said: "I have not defended myself for 4 years. Gossip about me has also been piling up for four years. ”
In addition to the games that fans are familiar with, perhaps Dembele is referring to his contract renewal problem, after a number of Spanish media reported that Dembele asked Barca for an annual salary of 40 million euros, plus signing fees, etc. Barca needs to pay about 240 million euros if it renews its contract with Dembele.
Barca really did not want to let Dembele go in vain, after all, it cost him 135 million euros to bring him in, and in more than four years of joining Barca, Dembele only played 129 games for the team, missed 119 games, with a total playing time of 7520 minutes, averaging only 58 minutes per game, 31 goals, 23 assists, which is Dembele's report card.
Faced with Dembele's "high demands" for contract extensions, Barca refused to match.
On the evening of January 20, Beijing time, Barca director Alemani accepted an interview with the media, Alemani said that in the past six months, the two sides have been negotiating, Barca provided many and different offers, but were rejected by Dembele's agent.
Alemani said: "In my opinion, he doesn't want to stay at Barca anymore, so we informed him and his agent, and considering that it was only 11 days before the last transfer window of his contract period was closed, we informed them that they had to leave the team as soon as possible. Because, Barca need loyal players, and he is not! ”
Later, Barca announced the squad for the Copa del Rey match against Bilbao, from which Dembele had disappeared, and Alemani said Dembele had been defeated for technical reasons: "I agreed with Xavi! ”
Barca's move is quite clever, because if they directly announce that dembele has removed him from the squad because of his refusal to renew his contract, depriving him of his right to play, they may be in big trouble. So, Barca avoided the word banned and chose technical reasons!
The Daily Sports revealed that Dembele's team is quite dissatisfied with Barca's decision to deal with it, and Dembele and the team have agreed that they will not join any team until the expiration of their contract on June 30, even if there is no ball to play, they will stay at Barca!
Dembele's team believes that Barca's approach is already obviously in the process of banning players under contract, which is illegal, and Barca's recently published threats against Dembele are important evidence of their prosecution. Dembele's team shouted at barca management that if it appealed to FIFA, Dembele would win 100 percent!
And Dembele was furious on social media, dembele wrote: "Shameful lies are just to hurt me, I am not a person who is used to giving in, for four years, no one speaks for me, I never defend myself, but today, everything is over, I no longer succumb to being blackmailed!" ”
Dembele said: "I never complain, I always train and play according to the coach's instructions, I am still on contract, the renewal negotiations are still going on, now, the only thing I can do is focus on training and playing, sharing happy moments with my teammates! ”
Well, the ball is back to Barca! I have to say that the 24-year-old Dembele Tai Chi Kung Fu is really first-class!