Barcelona delay flight to Las Vegas as they wait for resolution on Dembele’s future

According to Mundo Deportivo, FC Barcelona have postponed their flight to Las Vegas today as they await a resolution on the future of Ousmane Dembele.

The Barça camp is currently in Dallas, where they played their previous game against Real Madrid on Saturday, beating them 3-0.

The La Liga champions will play AC Milan in the final game of their pre-season tour in Las Vegas on Tuesday night.

Barcelona were scheduled to fly to Vegas from Dallas at 11:30 am (local time) today but have now postponed it to 6:00 pm so that they learn of Dembele’s future and decide whether he travels with the squad or not.

Dembele has agreed to join PSG

Late on Sunday night, Fabrizio Romano made a huge revelation, claiming that Dembele had agreed to join PSG on a five-year contract.

The Parisian giants see the 26-year-old as a possible replacement for Kylian Mbappe and are ready to meet his €50 million release clause.

As is well-established, Dembele’s release clause remains at €50 million only until tonight. From August 1, the value will double up to €100 million.

PSG are said to have sent a letter to Barcelona on Saturday, seeking permission to negotiate with Dembele, to which the Catalans referred them to his exit clause.

Furthermore, the report states that Dembele is understood to have given the go-ahead to the move.

As such, PSG wish to finalise his transfer before that and Barcelona are now waiting to see if the player’s agent or lawyers deposit his release clause amount with La Liga by today.

If it is done, Dembele will not be flying to Las Vegas with the rest of the squad and would instead by completing his transfer to PSG.

If the Frenchman departs, Barcelona could turn to Ez Abde and retain him in the squad while the money from his departure will be used to sign a right-back.