New Delhi: fc Barcelona manager Xavi Hernandez was basic of Ousmane Dembele’s pending move to Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) after a 1-0 thumping win over AC Milan in Las Vegas on Tuesday.
Ousmane Dembele wants to join PSG
Several reports have emphatically connected Dembele with a switch to the Ligue 1 champions since Sunday, but the player still traveled from Dallas, where he scored the opening goal in a 3-0 El-Clasico triumph against Real Madrid on Saturday, to Vegas with the 32-man squad as of now within the the U.S. on a preseason visit that concluded at the Allegiant Stadium.
Xavi: “Ousmane Dembélé told us that he wants to leave and join PSG. We can’t compete, PSG bid is huge and out of the market — he spoke to Luis Enrique and Al Khelaifi”. 🚨🔵🔴
“It hurts me because we took care of him to make him happy here. But we can’t compete, he’s leaving”. pic.twitter.com/n2BlEcYIUa
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Mundo Deportivo detailed that Barca have as of now concurred to offer Dembele for a insignificant €50 million ($55 million) much obliged to a private understanding the player and his operator Moussa Sissoko struck amid talks to resume his contract until June 30, 2024 final year.
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Perhaps as discipline but too a implies of anticipating the injury-prone winger from picking up a thump that might scupper the move, a hooded Dembele didn’t indeed make the seat against AC Milan but highlighted on camera when Ansu Fati celebrated his moment half edge of the box screamer that chosen the tie with the Russia 2018 World Cup winner.
🎙️ Xavi: “Dembélé came and told me he wanted to leave. He has an offer from PSG that we cannot match.” pic.twitter.com/VHfeB065mj
— FC Barcelona (@FCBarcelona) August 2, 2023
Xavi is disappointed with Dembele
In an interview with TV3 at full time, a Xavi described as ‘very disappointed’ by SPORT who has warned Dembele of Neymar’s course at PSG, which has not been successful and has led to the Brazilian trying and failing to return to Camp Nou.
Xavi further explained how Dembele informed the club “that he has a proposal from PSG, that he wants to go there, and today he has not played for that reason.”
“It is a personal decision. It is a pity, and it tastes bad to me because we have taken great care of him,” admitted Xavi, who took Dembele under his wing when fans were booing him for not renewing and demanded that he be sent to the stands.
Barcelona can’t afford new players
Xavi wished Dembele good luck, and in another confession said that: “It is the law of the market, we cannot compete with this proposal, it is beyond our reach.” At a time when Barca are facing hardship to register new players and the contracts of existing stars, Xavi is right in that Barca can’t offer Dembele anything close to the €20 million ($22 million) a season he will reportedly receive on a five-year deal at the Parc des Princes.
