The "traffic king" of this winter window is undoubtedly Dembele. Because it completely angered Barca to say one thing and do one thing on the renewal of the contract, the French "problem teenager" was criticized.
Recently, Barça legend Stoæichkov also talked about Dembele in an interview with TUDN, and his tone is in line with the "thunderbolt fire" personality, and his words defend the dignity of the century-old red and blue.
"If you don't want to play for Barca, at least don't tarnish the emblem. I applaud Harvey for not letting him into the dressing room because that dressing room deserves respect, it's 121 years old. Mr. Laporta, open the door and let those who don't feel the colours of this club leave, we want people who sweat for this shirt. ”
"Dembele never understood what Barca meant, and as a foreigner I got involved and I found meaning for this club, starting with the era of Kubala, Lobo Carrasco, Reinkel, Buckro and Salinas. They all knew the history of the place, but Dembele never knew. ”
That's not all true! In order to get Dembele, Barca did not hesitate to break the record of reinforcements in team history, paying him a transfer fee of up to 145 million euros. But in the past 6 years, his performance has not met the expectations of the outside world. Frequent injuries have caused him to miss 52% of Barca's games, in addition to various unprofessional performances have made him criticized, playing games all night, being late, cheating, performing a few games on the field, and weak feet at key moments. In this way, he asked for a salary increase and asked for an annual salary of 40 million at the Golden Globe level.
Even more hateful is Dembele's rebellious attitude during the contract extension. Harvey talked to Dembele after he took office, and has talked about contract extensions many times since then. Every time Dembele said he wanted to stay at Barca and was willing to renew his contract, but Barca never felt that desire. Their purpose is to "drag", to give the Barca executives an illusion of wanting to renew their contracts, and then keep talking, so as to drag until the summer window opens and officially become free agents.
In addition, Stoichkov's sense of honor was very strong in the players of that era, red and blue is not just a shirt, but a faith flowing in the blood, whether on the field or off the field to defend the dignity of the club. However, the attitude shown by Dembele in the process of contract renewal is full of "money flavor" and there is no love. To put it bluntly, Dembele has played for Barcelona for so many years without really integrating into the culture here, which is why many clubs prefer their own youth players when they rebuild.
But then again, when he was still playing for Rennes, Dembele had already gone on strike in order to join Dortmund. Later, faced with Barca's money temptation, Dembele repeated the trick and played missing. Therefore, it is really difficult to ask such a player to make financial concessions. Dembele's investment is already doomed to failure, and Barca's top brass should stick to a tough stance and stop the loss in time to avoid further entanglement.