In August 2017, Paris Saint-Germain activated the termination clause to sign Neymar from Barcelona for €222 million, which broke the world football transfer fee record.
Barca, who are not short of money, immediately opened a wave of trench purchases, and have finalized three blockbuster new signings: Liverpool's top attacker Coutinho, Atletico Madrid's front-line top player Griezmann, and Borussia Dortmund's French supernova Osman Dembele.
In 2022, these three transfers have proved to be blood losses in time, not only the players' performance is not as expected, the value is greatly reduced, and the high transfer fee and salary also make the team have a lot of problems in investment.
Last year, Dembele staged a soap opera extension with Barca. Today, the two sides are finally close to a showdown, and it seems that the end can be seen...
Barcelona have performed poorly overall this season and have withdrawn from the competition for honours in major cup competitions, with La Liga only finishing 6th. Although legendary midfielder Harvey came to town, many problems such as the team's lack of success, frequent injuries and poor playing style are still waiting for him to solve.
One of the most serious problems is the renewal of Barca's contract with Osman Dembele, which has been linked between the two sides as early as last year, but there has been no result, which has also affected the normal preparation of the team.
Recently, Xavi has removed the team's roster, and Barca club personnel and team celebrities have also expressed their concern about his delay in renewing his contract.
Barcelona Sporting Director Alemani made it clear: "We know Dembele's decision not to renew his contract and we have communicated it to him. We want loyal players and he's not. The club has told him he must leave the team as soon as possible."
Stoichkov, the former top striker of world football in the 1990s and Bulgarian star "Thunderbolt Fire", was even more blunt: "The club's 121-year history deserves respect, if you don't respect it, get out!" 」
As a professional player to do so, a renewal issue has caused obvious dissatisfaction from the club's relevant people, and Osman Dembele may be the first in the history of world football.
Not just this time in Barcelona, Dembele has already had two unprofessional departures. The first time was when he played for Ligue 1 side Rennes, missing the pre-season preparation on the grounds of gastroenteritis, and joined the Bundesliga Hornets a year later. The second was in Dortmund and eventually came to Barcelona.
Today's events, for Dembele, are nothing more than repetition and repetition.
In August 2017, Barcelona signed 20-year-old Osman Dembele from Borussia Dortmund for a transfer fee of €105 million + €40 million.
Before coming to Barca, he was a super genius in the Bundesliga, showing good dribbling ability and explosive power on the wing. At the beginning of the franchise, some people thought that he would become the world's top striker, the red and blue team for the next decade on the wing.
However, in almost four and a half years, Barca's spending on transfers alone has increased to 135 million euros.
Dembele has played 129 games in all competitions for Barca, scoring 31 goals and 24 assists. Since joining the company, he has suffered 14 injuries, accumulated 702 days out of the game, missed 104 games, and his value has plummeted to 30 million euros.
As a player who inherited the No. 11 shirt left by Neymar and set a record high transfer fee in world football, it is obviously not qualified.
Dembele has played 11 games in all competitions for Barcelona this season, including 1 goal and 2 assists in 6 starts, and his contract with the club expires on 30 June.
Despite the approaching hours, Dembele did not seem to be in any hurry, instead asking Barca for a contract extension with an annual salary of 43 million euros, even with another 5 million euros of Champions League winning bonuses and 2 million euros of La Liga winning bonuses.
Such a request is undoubtedly difficult for Barca, which is not economically healthy, to accept. Why Dembele can still open its mouth widely is not difficult to understand.
If the contract is not renewed, Dembele will leave the team on a free throw, and as a young winger with outstanding talent in the past, he may not lack a home, but he will suffer the next wrong. Successfully renewed, he will continue his gaming career at Camp Nou.
On the contrary, Barcelona is very embarrassed, if you do not renew the contract, people lose money and lose money, and the money spent for more than four years is lost. Renew it, this money is spent at a real loss.
If Barcelona under Bartomeu had not had trenches to buy Dembele and others, perhaps there would not be so much controversy now, and it can only be said that "one is willing to fight, one is willing to suffer".
As a professional player competing in the top european football competitions, Osman Dembele's football talent and skills are unquestionable, but he has always lacked the maintenance of his competitive status and professional attitude.
The professional football league operates with the participation and maintenance of all. Occupation not only refers to taking money to play football, but also means that stepping into this industry requires a corresponding professional attitude.
Barca legend Cruyff once said: "If you hesitate to play for Barcelona, you will no longer play for us."
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