In the 35th round of the Premier League, Manchester United won 3-0 at home to Brentford, but this victory did not help Manchester United to retain the Champions League qualification, and had lost too many points before.
Summing up his coaching since taking over from Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, Lonnick believes that the players had a chance to qualify for the Champions League, "I am not happy with the results, especially in the last four or five weeks. I wasn't completely satisfied with those six months and I was expecting to qualify for the Champions League, which is our goal. ”
In Lonnick's view, Manchester City now lacks strikers, "Manchester United need at least 2 modern strikers to improve the strength of the team, Liverpool, Manchester City have 5 or 6, we do not have one." ”
What is a "modern striker"? Sancho, who bought heavily from Borussia Dortmund last summer, is clearly not up to par. So far, Sancho has played 38 games for Manchester United, contributing 5 goals and 3 assists, and 29 Premier League games with 3 goals and 3 assists. Ronaldo made one less appearance than Sancho, stating 24 goals and 3 assists.
According to the Spanish media, Manchester United needs the "modern striker", and Dembele in Barca's squad is the ideal candidate.
In the summer of 2017, Barca brought in Dembele from Borussia Dortmund for a transfer fee of 150 million euros, and Dortmund brought in Sancho from Manchester City as a replacement for less than 8 million euros. After joining Barca, Dembele's goals and assists data are average, and he has been in injury for a long time, and Sancho has played as a main player at Borussia Dortmund, and his goals and assists data are far better than Dembele's.
In the summer of 2021, Barca hope to renew dembele's contract, not how good and indispensable Dembele is, but the contract of the French striker expires in the summer of 2022, and they do not want to see players leave the team freely, and the introduction cost of 150 million euros is adrift. But Dembele has proposed a contract extension that would have been difficult for Barca to meet.
During The Coaching Period, Aguero retired, Griezmann left, Fati and Brycevette were injured, only Depay was able to score goals in good health, and there was almost no one on the front line, but dembele was not needed, and perhaps this was also a decision of the Barca hierarchy.
After Koeman left school, Harvey returned to camp Nou as manager, deciding to give Dembele a chance.
In the winter transfer window, Barca's forward line was supplemented by three new signings, Aubameyang, Ferran Torres, Traore, Dembele with his healthy body, excellent performance, quickly squeezed Traore to the bench.
So far this season, Dembele has made 29 appearances for Barca, the second most forward after Depay, contributing 2 goals and 11 assists, 11 assists are in La Liga, this statistic, tied with Benzema in La Liga assists.
With such a performance, Barca naturally hopes to keep Dembele, and Dembele also intends to renew the contract, but the world is bustling for profit, the world is all for profit, and the interests are driven, which will make Dembele and Barca very likely to part ways this summer.
Spanish tv six revealed that Manchester United offered Dembele an annual salary of 10 million to 15 million euros after tax. This is something that Barca cannot match. Dembele's current annual salary at Barca is 12 million euros, and Barca's proposed condition for a contract extension is a salary cut to 8 million euros. Paris Saint-Germain, more trenched than Manchester United, was willing to pay Dembele an annual salary of 17 million euros after tax.