Mercato: Barça raises the tone in the Dembélé case “If PSG wants to sign him, they will have to pay €100M”

Barcelona is very active behind the scenes to unearth the market opportunities it needs to strengthen. And the trap in this situation is that it has itself a market opportunity that is called for the moment Ousmane Dembélé. It is therefore aware of this weakness that the club is raising the tone, although it will not change anything if the player wants to leave.

The extension of Ousmane Dembélé with Barcelona has been one of the most difficult contracts that the club has negotiated in recent years. Since the player who was at the end of his contract was looking for a better offer to relaunch himself, since Barça was reviewing his salary downwards. Finally, he stayed, but with a hand on his future.

Indeed, Ousmane Dembélé is still one of the protagonists of the transfer market. Since now he is the one chosen by PSG to replace the Brazilian Neymar Jr in France, as was the case in 2017 at Barça, when he had joined the Catalan club after the departure of the Brazilian for PSG.

And in this operation, Barcelona does not have too much weight, since the extension of the Frenchman concedes him 50% of his termination clause, which is at €50M. That is to say, if there is a transfer, Barça ends up with 25M€ for a player who is adulated by Xavi as the best in his position. However, Barcelona maintains that if the Parisian club wants to sign Dembélé, they will have to pay 100M€.

As a reminder, PSG according to reports would turn to the “mosquito” to replace Neymar, who could leave the French club due to his disagreements with Kylian Mbappé. However, Dembélé is one of the most important players for Xavi, and he has shown full confidence in the player.