The big knives are getting ready to go out in Barcelona. Ousmane Dembele's refusal to renew his contract with the Barcelona team once again has ignited blaugran. They see that they are seriously threatened to lose through their hands a football player who in the summer of 2017 had cost them a fortune (117 million was received by Borussia Dortmund).

The new coach of Barcelona, ​​Xavi has clarified after he initially spoke with the footballer and told him that he wants him close to him, that there is no way he can stay free.

Barcelona knows very well that Dembele's contract expires in the summer of 2022 and after 5 years the 24-year-old footballer who has not paid even… half of the money that his team has paid for him. So the margins have narrowed dangerously. Dembele, one of the greatest talents of the last 10 years, does not want to stay in the Blaugrana, who are offering him a new 2-year contract. He wants to leave as a free agent in the summer and continue where he thinks best.

Xavi has clarified this and even sent an ultimatum to Dembele that he will either renew his contract, or he will have to look for a way out and continue his career in another team, in fact in the period of January.

The decision for its concession has been taken immediately by the administration and was announced by the sports director, Mateo Alemany.

In fact, the substantial end of Dembele from Barcelona comes a few days after the departure of Filipe Coutinho, who was loaned to Aston Villa, while at the same time, since the summer, the Frenchman Antoine Griezmann has also been loaned to Atletico Madrid.

Three footballers acquired to make a difference. All three were paid in gold. However, they all disappointed and failed. In total, to acquire Dembele, Coutinho and Griezmann, Barcelona withdrew a total of about 400 million euros from its coffers!.

140 million euros for Dembele, 145 million for Coutinho and 120 million for Griezmann. Mythical sums, which still no one can believe were lost.