“Either box or belt,” he warned on Tuesday Xavi about Dembele. No more halftones. The Barça coach, who has been the main promoter of the renewal of the winger, whom he has praised since day one, since greeting him in his presentation in the locker room as a coach on November 9, n ‘is kind. The first gesture was to leave him off the list Bilbao 11 days before the end of the winter market.
“It simply came to our notice then Barça and that he is not committed to the future project. He and his agents have been informed that he must leave immediately and we expect a transfer before January 31 “, he explained. Matthew German. “We don’t want to have players not committed to the project. And not being called up is a consequence “, added the Barcelona football director. Dembélé has to choose between Barça or another team at a key moment in his career (24 years old), stuck in a dilemma between his desire to continue and his agent’s will to force the machine demanding 30 million to renew and 15 commission for him, outside the tab, as he advanced The newspaper, from the same publishing group as Girona newspaper. Superstar requests for a player who, so far, has not proved to be one: every game in five seasons has cost (you are apart) one million (135 transfers and variables and 129 duels). And every goal 4 million (31, only 1 this season).
Until now, Xavi had played the extreme in all the games in which he was not in the infirmary. But the club, after six months of unsuccessful negotiations, got tired of it and decided to resort to ‘via Ilaix‘. Don’t make him play if he doesn’t agree to be transferred. While the planter, who, like Ousmane, ended his contract in June and was reluctant to renew, agreed to be transferred to the Leipzig, it remains to be seen how the French striker’s agent responds now. “They can’t play with the threat that Dembélé will be out of action for six months if he doesn’t renew now. It’s a kind of pressure that doesn’t work with people like us. It may work with other agents, but not with me, “he said Moussa Sissoko Tuesday.
Martin returns almost five months later
In addition to the absence of Ousmane, the other two big news of the call for the party of Cup against Athletic are down Memphis Depay due to an overload in the hamstrings of the left thigh and the return of Braithwaite. The Danish striker, who has not played since August due to injury, has only been able to play three games this season, scoring two goals. One more that Dembélé adds in the last nine months.
