FC Barcelona: Dembélé has “been through a lot” – release clause 2023

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After months of back and forth and never-ending contract poker, Ousmane Dembélé extended his expiring contract with FC Barcelona until June 2024. The winger is actually only now really getting started with the Catalans – at the club that took him for bis in 2017 to 140 million euros after a convincing year from Borussia Dortmund. After many injury breaks, the currently fit Dembélé is an integral part of his employer’s starting XI.

“When I came to Barça I was very young. From 2017 to 2020, 2021 I lost a lot of time. But I managed to get out of there. I had to work hard to feel important again, to play, to feel healthy. I hope it stays that way so I can give my best performance,” Dembélé said (quoted via “barcawelt.de”) at “RMC Sports”. With his signing of a new contract, Dembélé’s annual salary is said to have been reduced by 40 percent. The offensive man should now earn 6 million euros net plus 1.5 million euros in possible bonuses.

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In the first eight games of the 2022/23 season, the attacker was in the starting XI seven times, providing two goals and four assists in total. The convincing performances are apparently also the reward for a change of heart in the former BVB talent. “If I stop working, I will relapse. I started to get better under Koeman (coach Xavi’s predecessor; ed.) and then even more under Xavi. Since then I have had no more injuries. I feel good in Barcelona, ​​I have the confidence of the whole team, the whole club, I’m happy,” Dembele said. “That’s good because I’ve been through a lot in the last five years, now everyone’s talking about football, that’s better.”

For him, despite all the problems in the tough poker game about a new working paper, it was never about turning his back on the top Spanish club. “I didn’t think I was going to leave the club. I’ve always dreamed of playing for Barcelona,” revealed the 25-year-old, citing winning the Champions League as his biggest goal. He now works with a fitness trainer and a physiotherapist. The criticism of his way of life should be a thing of the past. “I was young like everyone else. You could go out. But not so much. Not the way you imagine it.” Life as a father also strengthened his sense of responsibility.

FC Barcelona: Dembélé may leave early in 2023 – conditions in detail

How however “L’Equipe” reported, Dembélé’s new contract contains a not unaffordable exit option for the summer of 2023. According to this, the Frenchman can leave early for 50 million euros in around nine months. According to the sports daily, the same agreement came about as a concession to the Dembélé side’s willingness to waive a bonus and commission when signing. If the exit clause is drawn by an interested club, 50 percent of the sum goes to the player and his management, it is said.

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