Barcelona offer €8 million, four-year deal to 24-year-old contract rebel

Ousmane Dembele wants to stay, and Xavi wants him to continue as well, but remember what a certain Rocky Balboa had said about life; “the world ain’t all sunshine and rainbows. It’s a very mean and nasty place.”

The idiom or the attention to detail, as one might perceive, fits perfectly with what’s going on at Barcelona. Dembele’s ongoing contract expires in June and despite the mutual agreement – mentioned above – the parties are yet to settle on a middle ground.

All this because the player is not happy with what the team is offering. As reported by El Chiringuito TV’s Jose Alvarez Haya, the team from Catalonia will not offer anything more than €8 million in salary for Dembele.

The problems certainly do not end there. Despite falling way off of Dembele’s asking figure, the team wants him to sign a four-year contract while the player is only looking for a two-year deal.

As of today, despite numerous reports, the 24-year-old has not made any commitment to a foreign club. At the same time, however, it’s also true that his representatives have maintained strong contacts with leaders like Paris Saint-Germain.

After whatever happened in January, Dembele took his time to reflect on what could pan out during the last few months, but Xavi’s continued confidence and a consistent run in the first team has more or less convinced him to continue at Camp Nou.

All those personal preferences will only be fulfilled if Barcelona can convince him with their offer. If they do, he will waste no time in putting pen to paper since Barça are and have always been his number one priority.

If not, one can rightly expect him to leave on a free transfer by the end of the season. What he does need to understand is that Barcelona are currently operating under a limit, and in case he wants to pocket more than the aforementioned €8 million, a lot of it would be incentive-based.

He also needs to take into account that everything, including Barcelona’s summer business, hinges on what he decides, and the sooner he does, the better it would be for Barcelona.