France winger Ousmane Dembele, whose contract with Barcelona, Spain’s second football league, expired on June 30, arrived in Catalonia to sign a new two-year contract with the club, Mundo Deportivo reported.
On Sunday, Dembele arrived at Barcelona’s El Prat airport in a private jet to meet with stakeholders and agree on a new contract.
After two months of negotiations, the two sides are close to reaching a final agreement to keep the 2018 world champion in the blue garnet ranks, with a new two-year deal to be officially announced shortly. days, according to the French newspaper L’Equipe.
The two sides reached an agreement after 4 meetings between the player’s international team (27 internationals, 4 goals) in charge of the negotiations and the club to achieve the best financial conditions, knowing that the club hoped the Frenchman would join their ranks on a preparatory tour in the United States of America , which starts on the 19th of the current month.
At a time when many media outlets have agreed on a contract term, speculation revolves around details of salary and bonuses as president Joan Laporta hopes Dembele will facilitate his pay cut, like all players, given the club’s financial difficulties. passes.
Catalan media indicated that Dembele’s salary would be reduced by 40 percent, in addition to not including monetary compensation, and Equip violated this information, believing that the contract provides for a bonus related to the performance of the former Rennes player inside the field. rectangle and his game in matches, which allows him to increase his salary. Coach Javi Hernandez used all his influence to reopen talks at the most tense moment to keep last season’s top assister in La Liga (13 assists) in Catalonia.
