Ousmane Dembélé is not going through the best period of his career. Heavily heckled, notably by his own coach, because of his offensive ineffectiveness, the Paris Saint-Germain player remains an element who has impressed more than one throughout his career. And this time, it is his former partner in Rennes (2015-2016), the Colombian Juan Fernando Quintero, who spoke to the microphone of the YouTube channel JF10TV : “I went to Rennes on the last day of the transfer window. And when I arrived, a fortnight later, I was told “meeting”. And a skinny young man comes in and greets me. Pedro Henrique, who is now at Corinthians, tells me: “hey, watch out, this guy is a crack” (…). I look at him and say to myself, “Who could this guy be?” And the coach arrives and tells us: “you don’t know who he is. He hasn’t been here for 15 days. Guys, this is Ousmane Dembélé, he’s going to apologize, listen to him”»
He continues the anecdote: “He stops in the middle and says, ‘I apologize to you, but not to the coach.’ Everyone starts laughing, while Ousmane continues his speech: “I apologize to you, but not to the coach, because I wanted to leave, I already extended, but I know that in one year, I will leave. I have a clause until June 20, so before June 20 I apologize to all of you, but I wanted to leave, thank you. I loved him. I have never seen such a talented man in my life. At practice, he walked past everyone and I was like, “Who is this guy?” He was flying. Impressive. I mean, I saw Messi and he’s at the top, but Ousmane… At 17, it’s impossible to hit like that with both legs (…). That year he scored 21 goals. I had never seen anyone like that. I came home and said, “Amazing, I’ve never seen anyone like that and with that personality: this guy is crazy.”. A nice tribute that will please a player who has been very criticized lately.
