So Barca’s sporting director has said he has to leave by the end of this month. At this point, I think the offer they get starts with how much of his wages Barca has to cover until June.
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Could he just be stinking the place out with his attitude, rather than a money thing, and they want him out the way?
He has featured quite regularly under Xavi. While he is quite in line with what everyone assumes Xavi wants from a wide player, I think if there was a real problem with his application and attitude then he likely wouldnt have got this much of a shot so far. This does seem to be purely contract related, but what position of power Barca think they have to be so heavy handed I have no idea.
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Barca pay 100% of his wages and I’d take him on a 6 month loan
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I mean if I’m Dembele, I’m telling them I’m staying, as per my contractual right, than being forced to move, and likely take a pay cut. Do a Bale, turn up to training, be quiet, enjoy your life.
Then when he leaves for free, he gets a lovely signing on fee and a longer list of options.
Player power is something that splits fanbases. No player is bigger than the club, but when the club give a player a contract worth such ridiculous sums of money, it’s their own fault when it goes tits up.
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They’re basically saying “please accept an offer” (would they be prepared not to play him otherwise?), because they can’t force a sale. Dembele would probably just prefer to wait until next summer and see all of his options. Circus.
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So far barca have threatened him with 2 punishments - one is being sold now, and the other is not playing for the rest of his contract. With only 6 months left of his deal and already at the stage where he can sign a pre-contract deal with someone else for next season, they neither have the power to force the former nor the way to make the latter have any real impact.
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Clearly Barca trying to get Barca fans to start throwing abuse at Dembele, simultaneously masking that when the president said “we’re back” he actually meant “we’re back, because we’ve put the club in more debt” and that Barca aren’t about to go spend a fuck tonne of money on superstars.
As Limiescouse says, he has been playing and they are saying it all goes away if he signs a new contract.
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That would presumably what his plan has been since last summer, unless essentially they are miles apart on wages (they want to cut his wages, when he can just move and get paid a signing fee that would cover that cut). Either way, the only thing really at question is whether or not he provides any value at all until the end of his contract.
Astonishingly poor club management. They have managed to evaporate 105 million Euros.
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From the player POV:
Should I take the 6 months to rest my fragile injury prone body, then get a nice sign on bonus at a new club.
Or
Accept a loan.
Or
Accept a ridiculous wage offer from someone like Newcastle, who would probably also include a ridiculous signing bonus.
Is he club tied for CL, or has that rule vanished?
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Barca are an absolute disgrace of a club. Hope players start to see that going to that circus is a massive career mistake. Rotten club.
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Watching Atletico now. Always interesting.
Is there a more maniacal, emotional, cynical, diving, disrespectful, cheating bunch of twats in world football?
Whenever they play it is all happening.
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Yeh, Everton. Ok, maybe they’re not quite as bad.
When will Atletico and Simone realize that they have run their courses and must part ways? If they weren’t screwing themselves, they could have taken advantage of the mess Real and Barcelona are in.
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He will sadly end up here I fear when he goes, that or Italy.
Perish the thought but if I were Everton I’d be moving heaven and earth to get him, even if it means waiting till the following summer. If ever an odious club and an odious manager were made for each other, it’s them two.
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Wouldn’t have to change tactics so much.
Mundo Deportivo:
Barcelona are set to agree two shirt sponsorship deals. Spotify will be the main sponsor with a €340m 5-year deal. Polkadot will be the sleeve sponsor and pay €100m over 5-years. The total figure of €85m per year is the highest in world football.
Elsewhere in Spain:
Real Madrid have agreed a 25-year deal worth €400m every single year with American sports and events company Legends. The company will pay a total of €10 billion to be able to hold different events at the new Santiago Bernabéu.
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Well, that’s Neil Young’s playlist gone from the Nou Camp.
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