It’s finally official, Ousmane Dembélé is a Paris Saint-Germain player. After 6 years spent at FC Barcelona and seasons as irregular as they are exciting, the winger of the Blues (37 caps, 4 goals) will return to France after having splashed the Ligue 1 at the time with Rennes. If the transfer had been in the pipeline for several days, the negotiations were long, very long. Which undoubtedly benefited Barça.
Indeed, according to Sport, the Catalans would have pocketed 35.4 M€, and not 25 M€ as initially expected. According to Ousmane Dembélé’s old contract, the player and his club had to share 50% of his release clause, which was €50m. The director of football, Mateu Alemany, then put pressure on the French winger, believing that the latter had not achieved all the objectives of his contract and that he would be ready to drag the file to court to delay the Dembele’s arrival in Paris. A successful gamble, since the Blaugranas finally obtain € 15.4 million more than expected. Something to forget the departure of their old nugget.
