Transfer news: Ousmane Dembele is joining PSG on a 5-year deal

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Masour Ousmane Dembélé is a French professional footballer who plays as a winger for La Liga club Barcelona and the France national team. Dembélé began his career at Rennes before joining Borussia Dortmund in 2016. He won the DFB-Pokal with Dortmund in the 2016–17 season, scoring a goal in the final.

After a long uncertain saga and high tension at the Barcelona offices, Ousmane Dembele’s next destination will be PSG. The 26-year-old midfielder has agreed to join PSG on a 5-year deal until 2028, and the French club have already informed Barcelona, reports the reliable Fabrizio Romano. According to Gerard Romero, Mousa Sissoko, Dembele’s agent, has called La Liga already and told that PSG would activate the player’s €50m release clause, in which he would pocket €25m.

His decision is financially understandable, since if he decided to stay after tomorrow, a new release clause of €100m would come into effect and Barcelona would hold 100% of the amount in the event that it would be activated. Besides, the Frenchman had requested a €6m raise on his contract, which the Catalan club also refused.

According to journalist Helene Condis of COPE, Dembele has already called some of his teammates and told them that he is moving to PSG. The dressing room is said to be ‘very sad’ with the news that he is leaving, as the French winger was undoubtedly one of Barcelona’s key pieces, especially considering the fact that Xavi worked a lot on his development. Barcelona have been trying to make new signings for the past several weeks, but the heavy wage bill coupled with La Liga’s regulations have been an obstacle. However, the club can now focus on reinforcements – in which the priority is a right-back.
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