On Saturday, Ousmane Dembele’s long-awaited move from Barcelona to Paris Saint-Germain was finally completed. The 26-year-old joined on a deal worth €50.4m, and he has signed a five-year contract.
PSG activated Dembele’s release clause at the end of last month, with the player himself having also agreed personal terms by this time. However, the deal was held up by Barcelona, who were negotiating with the Frenchman’s agent over their respective pay splits.
A 50/50 deal, which would see both parties net €25m, had been reported, although Barcelona felt they were entitled to more, hence the delay. However, Sport have now reported that last season’s LaLiga champions have received €35.4m, with the remaining €15m going to Dembele and his representative.
Given the circumstances, this is about as good of a deal that Barcelona could have got. They can now use these funds to register existing players and sign new ones, with a right-back high on the agenda for the latter.
Fc barcelona actually do well and come out the better for a change when selling a player dembele and his agent not getting their way and the 50/50 split they were after lol couldn’t happen to a nicer pair and good to see barca actually having some b###s for a change instead of having the hand took out of them like they usually do.
So glad to be done with this. Someone that plays about half a year, contributes to only about ten goals total and is maddingly inconsistent when he’s actually on the pitch is not worth the drama, let alone 20 million per year.
PSG can have him, and his agent. We’ll be fine.