Barcelona is facing a serious problem when it comes to the loyalty of the players themselves, so at this moment, the question of Ousmane Dembele staying at the club seems like an mission impossible.The Frenchman’s contract expires in the summer of 2022, he enters the last six months of the contract at the end of the year and then he will be able to negotiate with other clubs. The main problem for the Catalans is that Dembele’s agent Moussa Sissoko thinks that leaving the club would be the best option for the footballer, so the agent is already offering the player to other clubs.##NAJAVA_MECA_5928961##Faced with this situation, Barcelona plan to redirect the negotiations straight to the player, who is believed to want to stay at the club, regardless of the intentions of his agent. The Catalans have therefore already given the player a month to make a decision on whether he wants to renew the contract. In Barcelona, they want to protect their own interest, and in case of a negative answer – in order to prevent Dembele from leaving without compensation in June, the club will place the player on the transfer market sooner.On the other hand, Sissoko is postponing negotiations with the club, because he wants to take his client away from the Nou Camp, and is aware that Barcelona cannot be too generous in financial terms. Additionally, when a player arrives as a free agent, then a much larger amount goes to the salary itself, but also to the manager’s commission. As it was recently reported, Barcelona do not have funds to upgrade Dembele’s salary, there are even talks that the club’s executives avoid talking about that option because of all the injuries the player is prone to. That would leave the players with earning the current 7.5 million euros net – but Sissoko reportedly believes he can get much more for his “golden goose”.In Koeman’s world, Barca were better than Madrid. Too bad he’s the only one to think thatThese are all problems that will be difficult to solve and Barcelona are hoping they can convince players of staying with the story of a big upcoming project and that a great awaits the club. Therefore, everyone from the sports sector is involved in the negotiation process, and manager Ronald Koeman is first in line to try and lure the player to stay.Whether all of them together will manage to reduce the influence of the agent on the final decision, will be known in one month’s time.
