Julien Stéphan, the former coach of Ousmane Dembélé, spoke about the transfer of the tricolor winger to Paris Saint-Germain from FC Barcelona.
In the process of being formalized as a new recruit for Paris Saint-Germain, Ousmane Dembélé has somewhat hit the headlines in recent days. Indeed, the announcement of his departure from Barça created surprise, and also aroused misunderstanding and disappointment on the side of Catalonia. In particular, from Xavi, the coach of the Blaugranas.
“Dembele told us he wanted to leave. He has a proposal from PSG and we can’t do anything. We can’t compete with the offer they make to him from France. », thus declared the former metronome of Culés to the Spanish television channel TV3, this Wednesday.
“Ousmane, we don’t make him do what he doesn’t want to do”
Conversely, Julien Stéphan, his coach at the time at the Stade Rennais training center, assured that the choice of the 2018 world champion to join the Ile-de-France club was made with full knowledge of the facts.
“PSG represents something for him. He always makes career choices at clubs that mean something to him. It is important. He spoke regularly of PSG. You know, Ousmane, we don’t make him do what he doesn’t want to do”thus entrusted the Breton on the airwaves of RTL.
