Barcelona open to letting the Frenchman leave the club for the right price.
Barcelona have put oft-injured Ousmane Dembélé on the market and plan to let him leave should they receive an offer to their liking.
According to Sport, they will inform his agent, Moussa Sissoko, know of their decision in August once the La Liga season is over.
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Three seasons have passed since the club signed Dembélé from Borussia Dortmund following the departure of Neymar to PSG. Unfortunately for both sides, the transfer has been a flop up to this point.
While he’s shown flashes of brilliance here and there, Dembélé’s time at Barcelona has been plagued with injury after injury. And not insignificant injuries at that. They’ve been injuries that have sidelined him for months at a time.
His most recent hamstring injury meant that he would miss the rest of the season. The club then went and signed Martin Braithwaite as an emergency signing to cover for his absence.
His discipline issues have also caused some trepidation with the countless stories of him being late for training. They got to be so much that Eric Abidal had to have a talk with him and his agent to try to straighten him out.
Barcelona have yet to receive any offers for Dembele at this time
Because of his injuries, selling Dembélé is going to be difficult for Barcelona. No team is going to want to spend an exorbitant amount of money for a player who hasn’t played much in the last three seasons.
However, PSG and Liverpool are two clubs who have shown interest in him in the past. Having lost out on Timo Werner, the side managed by Jurgen Klopp could turn their attention to the Frenchman.
Should he be sold, it would once again put the Catalans’ disastrous transfer dealings on display. He and Philippe Coutinho were the two players they signed with the money they got from Neymar and the possibility that both could be gone by next season’s time showed that they were panic buys more than anything else.
Their signings could be seen as bigger failings than the ones the club made when they lost Luis Figo to Real Madrid nearly 20 years ago.
The only upside with Dembélé is that he’s young. He still has plenty of time to right the course either at Barca or somewhere else. Whether he does it or not will ultimately come down to him his ability to remain healthy.