Luis Figo 2.0? Real Madrid considering signing Barcelona forward in June

A recent report from El Nacional has made an electrifying claim that Real Madrid president Florentino Perez has been offered to repeat the Luis Figo episode after being offered a chance to sign out of contract Ousmane Dembele.

According to the source, Moussa Sissoko, Dembele’s agent and a disciple of the notorious Mino Raiola, has offered his client to Real Madrid while letting them know that the Frenchman would not hesitate in signing for the Galacticos.

Real Madrid now have a chance of signing Dembele on a free transfer as he will be out of contract in the summer. This would give the La Liga leaders a chance to form an unassailable French trident of Karim Benzema, Kylian Mbappe and Ousmane Dembele for the 2022-23 season.

Madrid’s stance over the entire fiasco, however, is pacific as their primary target remains Borussia Dortmund’s Erling Haaland, with whom Perez already has a principle of agreement in place.

As things stand, Barcelona are said to be growing increasingly frustrated with the dirty tricks played by Dembele’s agent. Sissoko demanded a deal worth €45 million for his client; representing a breakdown of €30 million for the player and €15 million for himself.

Meanwhile, there have been reports about Barça sourcing his replacement from Wolverhampton Wanderers in the form of Adama Traore.

As one can suspect, the entire catastrophe is leaving a bad mark on Dembele’s on-field performances. After coming on the bench against Linares, Xavi decided to name Dembele in the starting XI against Granada. During his 82-minute tenure, Dembele lost the ball 14 times and failed to get a single shot on target.

On top of it, Dembele is actively pursuing a new club as apart from Real Madrid, he already had contacts with PSG, Juventus, Liverpool, Newcastle and Bayern Munich.

The Frenchman is aware of the fact that Barcelona were ready to cash on him in the previous transfer window, but an injury, sustained during the Hungary vs France game in EURO 2020, ruined the plans.

The current state is bemusing, to say the very least. While Barca have already tabled their terms of negotiation, Dembele’s representatives are refusing to put pen as they believe the club will later put him on the transfer market in order to generate funds.

Secondly, they believe the offered numbers are way below the demanded figures. The one thing they are failing to admit is that their client hasn’t done enough to warrant a contract like that.