• Negotiation. Time trial against Neymar

Ousmane Dembélé was to be Barcelona's great solution when he discovered Neymar's escape to the PSG two years ago. Then, in the Barça directive they thought it would be a good idea to reinvest part of the 222 million euros paid by the Brazilian in the hiring of a soccer player whom a year before he had been about to buy Rennes for 15 million. To Borussia Dortmund, on the other hand, in a climate of urgency and with the striker refusing to train, he paid 105 million euros, in addition to agreeing another 40 in variables. The club tries to retrace the path. Let Dembélé resume his prolific relationship with coach Thomas Tuchel - now in the PSG, then in Dortmund - and unclogging the Neymar operation . But the Frenchman, even from the stretcher, resists. Although the Paris Saint-Germain presses to make you change your mind.

Moussa Sissoko , agent of Dembélé, accustomed in recent times to visit the offices of Barcelona to receive rapa dust for the behavior of his represented, insisted on Wednesday not to move from his position. It is none other than the permanence of Dembélé in the Camp Nou. « Ousmane stays 100%. There is no option to leave. He wants and will succeed in Barcelona, ”said the agent to the television program Telefoot .

The pitfall is no less. The PSG welcomes the arrival of Dembélé, even if it is through an assignment. Tuchel was precisely the coach who got the best performance from the end during his union at Borussia Dortmund in the 2015-2016 season. Then, Dembélé scored 10 goals and offered 21 assists. Although in Barcelona, ​​beyond his potential as a footballer, no one wanted to repair the player's habits in terms of nutrition or rest. He signed a contract for five seasons, with an annual salary of 12 million euros. The Barça director, after the last episode starring the French - he cured his injury in San Mamés to go on a planned trip and be diagnosed four days later - dreams of losing sight of him .

Rakitic's role

Another option to reduce the price to pay the PSG for Neymar includes Ivan Rakitic. The Catalan club believes that, at 31 years old and after five seasons at full capacity in Barcelona, ​​the player is already more than amortized . The Croatian has been convincing in recent days of the difficulties that this course will encounter. Ernesto Valverde, his eternal defender on the team, has chosen to grant Sergi Roberto the right place in the first two league games. In San Mamés, Rakitic only played the second part. In front of Betis at the Camp Nou, not even that.

According to Le Parisien , Barcelona proposed to the PSG the payment of some 140 million, in addition to the transfer of Dembélé and the transfer of Rakitic. Figures that the Barca club does not confirm, while affecting their meetings to untangle the matter once and for all.

It will not be easy if Barcelona and PSG fail to incorporate players who lower the 170 million euros that the French club intends to pocket for Neymar.

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