France’s Dembele signs five-year PSG deal, leaves Barcelona

Football
Published 12.08.2023
France’s Dembele signs five-year PSG deal, leaves Barcelona

Barcelona has reached a switch deal to ship France ahead Ousmane Dembele to Paris Saint-Germain, the Spanish membership stated on Saturday.

Barcelona stated that the 2 golf equipment have reached an settlement price 50.4 million euros ($55.2 million) for the explosive winger.

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Dembele, now 26, joined Barcelona in 2017 on a then club-record switch from Borussia Dortmund that with variables was set to succeed in 147 million euros (then $173 million) because the membership sought a younger expertise after the undesirable exit of Neymar — to PSG.

After struggling severe accidents early in his keep at Barcelona, Dembele consolidated himself as one among its most irreplaceable gamers because of his velocity and playmaking. He renewed his contract final summer time and was set to remain at Barcelona till the top of subsequent season.

His arrival to PSG comes amid hypothesis that Neymar may very well be on his approach out.

He scored 62 targets in 185 appearances for Barcelona and helped it win three Spanish leagues and two Copa del Rey titles.

His exit comes with the Spanish champion needing to scale back its debt and decrease its wage burden. It will depart Raphinha, Ferran Torres and Ansu Fati as its forwards in assist of star striker Robert Lewandowski.

Barcelona opens its season on Sunday with a go to to Getafe within the Spanish league.