Barcelona wondering if they should force Dembele to train
PSG's legal services are still waiting for all the necessary documentation to start the process to make Ousmane Dembélé their player. For the moment, everything is at a standstill in the offices of the club presided over by Nasser Al-Khelaïfi and the sporting directors are unable to make any progress with the player. However, from France, 'RMC' assures that the forecast is that on Monday everything can be solved and the club will have the green light to announce his signing.
That is why Ousmane has not yet been able to pass the mandatory medical. Nor, of course, has he been able to sign his new contract, which has already been one hundred per cent agreed, and we are waiting for his official presentation to the media and the fans. In Paris they are talking about the beginning of the week. In fact, the French winger is strictly forbidden to train with the team that Luis Enrique has been directing since this summer. Everything is waiting on the agreement between the clubs.
Barça are aware of this, and they have the tools to put a stop to the whole process. One of them, although it has not yet been decided whether it will be used, is to call Dembele up for the return to training at the Ciutat Esportiva. Xavi rested the squad for a few days after returning from the tour of the United States and Ousmane took the opportunity to travel to Paris, close his deal with PSG and officially notify the Blaugrana.
However, if the two clubs do not reach a full agreement, the player still belongs contractually to Barça, who could force him to appear at the Joan Gamper. Everything suggests that a decision on the matter will be made today, and the desire is to avoid having to go to this extreme. For his part, Dembele is very clear that, if there is no counter-order, he will travel from Paris to Barcelona to be at Xavi's disposal when he returns to training at the Ciutat Esportiva.
