The end of the saga: Barca kick Dembele out of Camp Nou
Reading Time: 2min | Thu. 20.01.22. | 13:43
Sporting director Mateu Alemany calls for Dembele's immediate exit
Ousmane Dembele's tenure at Barcelona was long, dreadful and remarkably unsuccessful. And now it ends.
The Blaugrana sporting director Mateu Alemany has called for Dembele's immediate exit after talks of his contract renewal have reached a dead end.
Less than 24 hours after Xavi Hernandez gave the Frenchman an ultimatum - "you either renew the contract or leave Barcelona" - we've reached the expected epilogue.
"We started conversations with Dembele's agents in July 2021, " Alemany revealed and added:
"Six or seven months have passed since then, in which we have talked and in which Barcelona have made different offers. We have tried to find a way for the player to stay with us. Offers that their agents have systematically rejected."
"Now, eleven days before the end of his contract, the club understands that the player does not want to renew and that he is not committed to Barca's future project. He and his agents have been informed that he has to leave the club and that he has to look for a transfer before January 31".
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Alemany wanted to make it clear that the club has supported the coach in the measures he has taken:
"The sporting situation assessed by our coaches is that we do not want to have players who are not committed to the project. And not being called up is a consequence of this entire process. It's not the club that should determine these, it's the coach, and he has our full support because it seems to us to be a totally coherent attitude, "concluded he.
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