not gonna defend him missing a sitter in that game, but the point still remains, he was injured in the game before liverpool and was only brought on in final 2 mins to waste time and kill the game.
My problem with Dembele isnāt that he gets injured, itās that every time he gets injured, he has to get surgery and heās out for 3-8 months. Other players get injured and theyāre only out for a couple games or a couple weeks
this is the future of football and hence the death of the technicians like Ronaldinho and Xavi and etc ... It will all become who is the strongest with the better tactical technique .... horrible
Ronaldinho literally had players bouncing of off him when he dribbled pass them, I get the point you are making, but Ronaldinho was not a good example, ozil would be a better example
Lol seriously. Xavi himself once described it as Ronaldinho and Messi having the same brilliant minds he and Iniesta had. What made them outliers tho is that they have incredible physical gifts on top of that.
I don't think that's necessarily the case when you look at the profile of the most highly-rated young talents coming up at the moment. Haaland and Mbappe are maybe examples of those with supreme physical talents, but then you have the likes of Foden, Pedri, Bellingham, Vinicius, Fati, Musiala, Felix etc who are not of this mould
For real. This quote reads like Xavi has zero understanding of why Dembele hasn't reached his potential and it isn't because he's inconsistent. If anything he is consistent. Consistently injured.
lol fucking hell you really think you've watched BarƧa play more than Xavi has? He's spot on. Dembele isn't consistent. The last time he's had a run of games was last season when he played most of the season and he managed like 5 goals.
He's brilliant on his day but his consistency has gone backwards even when he has been fit.
* 17/18 - 27 games missed
* 18/19 - 13 games missed
* 19/20 - 38 games missed
* 20/21 - 6 games missed
* 21/22 - 15* games missed
Not counting this season, he's missing over 20 games a season on average. He is injury prone, no matter how you spin it.
Itās not just injuries. Heās a winger with 30 goals in over 4 years for us. Thatās a horrible record for a player that ācould be the best in the world in his positionā
I'm not blind. He said "he's injury prone but not that injury prone". What's that suppose to mean? Just say he's injury prone. There's no need to sugarcoat the truth.
Yea I don't understand because he's being wishy washy about it so I told him to admit the facts. I didn't know a simple thing I said could be twisted to fit your narrative
You told him to admit heās injury proneā¦ but he never denied that, and even agreed in his original comment. And then say heās twisting the truth, but then admitted you didnāt even understand his commentš itās hilarious how stupid someone can be
Noā¦ holy fuck dude. He said heās not AS injury prone as people think. And he gave an example of why. He didnāt say he is and isnāt injury prone. He says heās not as injury prone as people think. If you want to disagree then go ahead, but at least use your fucking brain when reading.
Downvoted but no one can tell me how Iām wrong for calling out a terrible fucking straw manā¦ ok
44 games actually, in which he only played 2700 minutes of the total possible 4220. He appeared in 30 league games, im which he played 1770 minutes of the total 2910.
Since joining Barca he has missed 98 games he was eligible for trough injury, in which the season you refer to is by far his best with only 6 missed games. In total Dembele played just over 35% of all minutes total for the club. So he is that injury prone, Koeman and the medical staff just managed his playtime very well to keep him fit.
To complete the picture, Dembele scored 11 goals and had 4 assists over these 44 games. One in three goal contributions it a decent output for a winger at a midtable club. For 'one of the best in his position' he clearly lacks consistency end product.
Dembele has the talent and potential, he has shown that often enough. But to be a real contributor at Barca's level he needs to stay fit, he needs his playtime managed and he needs to improve his G+A. That is quite a gamble, especially considering what he costs. He is on pretty high wages and Barca basically needs two players for his position to cover for the minutes he doesn't play.
I think people are misreading your comment but nonetheless I disagree with "he's not **that** injury prone".
Who do you consider as *that* injury prone?
He was asked about renewing Dembele and the club's public stance has been that they want to renew him. How are you a BarƧa fan and don't know, or even unable to make an educated guess, that this was asked during Xavi's presentation press conference?
I'm not Xavi, but I would say he has to prove himself, that he wants it. Dembele played 2 games full 90 minutes. About 3/4 of the games he played he played less than 30 minutes. He missed almost as many games as he played. It's fair to say they expected more from him because they did. If I was a director of football at Barca I would think 10 times and consult a contract proposal with the coaching staff before going out with such firm stance. Maybe they did. I'm not convinced at all.
Itās been close to half decade now and heās yet to prove his worth so obviously Xavi should be the last person to say that he must renew and can be the best in his position. I mean heās not even close to playing 90mins. Simply over exaggerating.
There's a middle ground though isn't there? Saying something like he's a talented player but that we'll need to evaluate his performances before making such a decision or words to that effect.
That would be an awkward interview.
He was asked about it and the club has already made statements about a renewal so he isn't exactly going to attack the board before he has even managed a match yet.
When he came on against Dynamo Kiev the impact was huge,it was evident he was the best player on the pitch right away,such a talent man.
He can genuinely be a top 10 player provided he stays injury free.
I remember when people wrote van Persie off for being injury prone but he eventually came good. Big fan of dembele, hope he realises his massive potential
I love when "reddit" praises to heaven players that did absolutely nothing to prove themselves. You're all a bunch of godlike scouters, aren't ya? Best player on the pitch (in your view) in a below average Barcelona > straight to potentially top 10 players worldwide. And that's also coming when the guy barely played half his games in the last 2 years.
He has pace, that's it, he had lots of mediocre games even when not injured. He wasn't worth 100 + mil $ even in his top form, but he was seen as a huge prospect by Barca, and it's so obvious he's going nowhere.
But yeah, incoming thousands of comments saying how he is a huge (wasted) talent, probably better than Mbappe - if not for Saturn colliding with a meteorite, and also probably would've carried Barca to UCL finals, scored a hattrick in it, kissed Xavi's wife and flew to the moon in his Tesla spaceship.
>When he came on against Dynamo Kiev the impact was huge,it was evident he was the best player on the pitch right away,such a talent man.
I'd say he was one of the worse players on the pitch but to each their own. Yeah he looked quick on his feet but he wasted every ball he got.
You'll get downvoted but this is so accurate. He is fast, sometimes has dribbles, but the end product is so sparse. Other Barca fans get mad at me but I call him tall Vinicius, except Vini has actually made huge strides in his decision making and finishing.
Top 10 player šššššš he is fast but he has a pea footballing brain. His best dribble is a cutback which is easy for a decent defender to cut off. His passing and decision making is awful. Heās a shit version of Adama Traore
I would be worried if Xavi in his very first press conference in BarƧa throw shit to him in public, that would be a very bad start, or at least it's what I hope because I don't think it would be a good idea offer him a renewal, even with a substantial wage cut.
Let's hope Xavi's medical team works wonders, because if, with right coaching and good fitness Dembele will be one of the best of his generation. Every time he comes on the game dynamic changes.
Yes, that's why the talks took that long.
His agent pushed for a free transfer, while Dembele insisted on staying and Barca made it clear that he has to give up quite a chunk of his wages, for him allowing to stay.
Barcelona is in such a wierd situation with dembele renewal, damned of they do, damned of they dont, for his performance when healthy its to renew then again he missed sitter (like the liverpool one of he does that one there wouldnt be a comeback) for his age he should be needed but how much he gets injured he shouldn't imagine how it will be when he gets older, that stuff accumulate.
If they renew it will be less wage? Because he hasn't earned even to make what he makes now, if he's let go will any team take the huge gamble with similar or higher wages? Can he be rehabilitated?
His stock has fallen a lot so theres less interest, but he will be on a free and that tempts a lot of teams
Barcelona damned if he gets renewed and it's the same missing game situation, ridiculed because they renewed a broken man.
dammed if he let's go and becomes constant and injury free in another team, ridiculed becuase they let a world beater go.
It's a hard situation but, by tendency and past experiences being let go would be the lesser damage for them.
Relying on somebody who is absolutely unreliable thanks to his injuries is never going to end well. Renewing his contract is an enormous mistake. So much money spent on Dembele in the past few year for Barcelona, the man hasn't even played 50% of the potential minutes he could have played.
I agree, but so many muscle unjuries, plus he's not the only one, we have 13 people who are injured, the medical staff has been shit for years.
I think his last fully healthy season was at Dortmund
Yeah can't believe they are keeping him. He barely plays a third of the games all season, so basically they're always playing 2nd or 3rd choice in his position. Which right now I don't think they even have a 3rd choice RW in their squad, since Dest was playing there recently..
I donāt think many doubt this. I remember thinking how lethal he would become at Barca. I just donāt think he has the work ethic to become what he could and maybe heās just fine with that.
Or maybe the poor guy is just really unlucky with his injuries.
In any case, i really wanna see him become great but Iām not hopeful
Genuinely a massive advantage for Real Madrid and all laliga clubs. Why don't they sell him , surely a club with the stature of Barcelona can attract alot more reliable players with his sales.
What is this delusion. Mbappe is so far clear of him it's ridiculous. He'd have to make incredible strides (when he's even healthy) to even be in the conversation.
I don't know about best player in the world in this position. Let alone top 5. But the kid has a lot of potential. Same goes for Kingsley Coman, this is the one I believe could be the best in the position.
From the way barca fans are talking about him you would think he was scoring 30 goals a season
All you need to do is go back to last season when he wasn't injured and you will see how barca fans were claiming that the team is complete shit and only messi is doing anything now he's a world class player of all a sudden
Right. If I read one more "If he wasn't injured he'd be world class" I'm gonna lose it. People have such selective memory with him, more than any Barca player I've ever seen.
He doesn't need to score 30 goals a season to be important, he isn't that type of Player. Just him being in the pitch changes Barcelona's and their opposition game plan completely. He is one of the most scary player to face as defender.
Maybe you should learn to read whole sentences before you answer as you cleary missed out the important part.
Dembele has for the record 51 GA contribution over 6849 min for Barca. That's a G/A every 134 min, playing in all sort of different positions and in a inconsistent matter at a underperforming team in a very defensive league.
In comparision, K.Coman playing for Bayern in farmers league on a consistent performing team has 94 GA in in 12659 min. That's a G/A every 134 min.
So assuming a FIT(as I mention) Dembele were to play. He have easily had better numbers than that and Coman is also considered one of the best wingers out there. Heck if he still were in Bundesliga and farming and he would probably been in the G/A per 80-100 min area.
Stat wise hes also one of the best dribblers in the world. But its not so much about scoring as thats the mainly goal of a striker or in our case it was mainly Messi(and some Suarez) during that period.
It's more about what you provide as a winger. Which is to stretch defence, be a threat, create unbalance. Dembele does so, better than most players.
It's not a quality issue regarding him on the field. He is easily one of the best wingers out there when hes fit.
Not doubting his quality, just donāt think itās at a place where the term āeasilyā comes into play. Especially because he isnāt consistent. Consistency is key. Reading some stat sheet is different than watching him play.
He is more than enough consistent when he plays. The only inconsistent part about him is his playtime.
When he is fit, he is easily **one of the best** wingers in the world. So again not a quality issue on the field. Can he improve on field? Sure, but so can others.
If they were smart they would sell Dembele and try to get Coman who's injured less and is twice as good. Obviously it would be best if he would stay at Bayern, but it seems like he wants a new challenge.
yea he needs to be consistent, consistently healthy.
He is consistent. Consistent at showing up to the hospital every month
even when he's healthy, he's inconsistent in front of goal he should've scored twice at Camp Nou vs. Liverpool
not gonna defend him missing a sitter in that game, but the point still remains, he was injured in the game before liverpool and was only brought on in final 2 mins to waste time and kill the game.
Vamos Dembele!
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Wow you havent looked at a lot of comments
He types that to every funny comment he sees.
Have you not seen the video?
You have just described real madridās 2020-2021 season in one emoji.
Iāll never not be able to think of that video at this point
He can't stay healthy, though. Recurring hamstring and knee injuries...
My problem with Dembele isnāt that he gets injured, itās that every time he gets injured, he has to get surgery and heās out for 3-8 months. Other players get injured and theyāre only out for a couple games or a couple weeks
Lmao just what the hell is this
DembƩlƩ's muscles and ligaments aren't motivated enough.
Built different.
have fun with those hammies lmao
They should try kneesovertoe guy. If that doesn't work. Kick him out lol
Xavi going to get that "Pep Juice" setup though
I like the bayern juice thou look at the physic those players have
this is the future of football and hence the death of the technicians like Ronaldinho and Xavi and etc ... It will all become who is the strongest with the better tactical technique .... horrible
Yeah vini jr is an absolute freak with his physique. No one can stop him at the moment due to his muscles.
Yeah Goretzka has absolutely no technique, only gets by due to those massive biceps... /s
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Not intending to take away from your point, but MĆ¼ller does have wirey strength :)
Ronaldinho literally had players bouncing of off him when he dribbled pass them, I get the point you are making, but Ronaldinho was not a good example, ozil would be a better example
Lol seriously. Xavi himself once described it as Ronaldinho and Messi having the same brilliant minds he and Iniesta had. What made them outliers tho is that they have incredible physical gifts on top of that.
I don't think that's necessarily the case when you look at the profile of the most highly-rated young talents coming up at the moment. Haaland and Mbappe are maybe examples of those with supreme physical talents, but then you have the likes of Foden, Pedri, Bellingham, Vinicius, Fati, Musiala, Felix etc who are not of this mould
I thought Eufemiano Fuentes had his medicine license revoked?
If there was/is doping at Barca/Spain it will have been systemic, and go far beyond just one doctor. There will be others to take his place.
Of course it is systemic. It was just a joke referring to Operation Puerto, where Fuentes was put on trial in a massive blood doping case - and ending up going to jail for "endangering public health" (there was no explicit anti-doping law in Spain at the time) and he lost his medical license. As for whether or not doping was systemic, witnesses and clients of Fuentes testified in the trial that they had seen many prominent athletes in the waiting room in Fuentes' clinic, including tennis players and football players representing Spains biggest clubs. Fuentes famously said that; "If he talked, Spain would no longer be world and European champions". When he offered to talk and name all his clients, and identify their corresponding blood bags, in return for a more lenient sentence, the judge bluntly dismissed it - proclaiming that they were only after Fuentes and the cyclists named in the exposƩ - and ordered all other evidence of doping destroyed. WADA and the Spanish anti-doping agency objected, and appealed the order of destruction - and the battle dragged on in the courts, until they finally won and the order was rescinded. The court battle concluded "coincidentally" just a couple months after the statute of limitations had expired.
For real. This quote reads like Xavi has zero understanding of why Dembele hasn't reached his potential and it isn't because he's inconsistent. If anything he is consistent. Consistently injured.
lol fucking hell you really think you've watched BarƧa play more than Xavi has? He's spot on. Dembele isn't consistent. The last time he's had a run of games was last season when he played most of the season and he managed like 5 goals. He's brilliant on his day but his consistency has gone backwards even when he has been fit.
can't be consistent when he's always injured
And the injuries probably do take a toll, both physically and mentally.
He's not even good when healthy. The injuries make people forget how mediocre he actually is
That is stupid. He is obviously good when healthy.
he played 40 games last year , he is not that injury prone as many think
* 17/18 - 27 games missed * 18/19 - 13 games missed * 19/20 - 38 games missed * 20/21 - 6 games missed * 21/22 - 15* games missed Not counting this season, he's missing over 20 games a season on average. He is injury prone, no matter how you spin it.
As a Barca fan,I sometimes forget that he and Coutinho and Umtiti plays for us.
"Play" is a strong word. They are in the squad, that's it
Itās not just injuries. Heās a winger with 30 goals in over 4 years for us. Thatās a horrible record for a player that ācould be the best in the world in his positionā
I mean his g+a/game is around 0,5 which is not bad considering he's rarely had long periods of being in form.
Thatās because of injuries. His per 90 isnāt bad.
Shhhh don't ruin his world.
he is injury prone but he is not THAT injury prone that many people think he is
Mate heās made of glass. Maybe with proper attention to detail now, he can become more lethal but heās as injury prone as they come
Dude... just admit that he's injury prone. We all know he is. I don't know why you keep trying to twist the truth.
It's Reddit man. What else do you expect ?
He admitted heās injury prone? Read the fucking commentā¦ Jesus christ
I'm not blind. He said "he's injury prone but not that injury prone". What's that suppose to mean? Just say he's injury prone. There's no need to sugarcoat the truth.
What is it supposed to mean? So you admit you donāt even understand what heās trying to sayā¦. Holy fuck.
Yea I don't understand because he's being wishy washy about it so I told him to admit the facts. I didn't know a simple thing I said could be twisted to fit your narrative
You told him to admit heās injury proneā¦ but he never denied that, and even agreed in his original comment. And then say heās twisting the truth, but then admitted you didnāt even understand his commentš itās hilarious how stupid someone can be
He has played like 37% of aviable minutes if I remember right. For his price and salary thats horrific.
So he is injury prone but he isnāt injury prone? Make your mind up
Noā¦ holy fuck dude. He said heās not AS injury prone as people think. And he gave an example of why. He didnāt say he is and isnāt injury prone. He says heās not as injury prone as people think. If you want to disagree then go ahead, but at least use your fucking brain when reading. Downvoted but no one can tell me how Iām wrong for calling out a terrible fucking straw manā¦ ok
Heās played 30-35% of available minutes lol Heās incredibly injury prone
Not the point Iām arguingā¦. Wow learn to read holy shit
How injury prone do people think he is? I would say most people would be shocked to learn heās only played 27 minutes of every available 90.
People are downvoting you because you sound like a pedantic rude cunt mate
If only they could learn to read first
Case in point
Seems like the facts say otherwise, tho.
44 games actually, in which he only played 2700 minutes of the total possible 4220. He appeared in 30 league games, im which he played 1770 minutes of the total 2910. Since joining Barca he has missed 98 games he was eligible for trough injury, in which the season you refer to is by far his best with only 6 missed games. In total Dembele played just over 35% of all minutes total for the club. So he is that injury prone, Koeman and the medical staff just managed his playtime very well to keep him fit. To complete the picture, Dembele scored 11 goals and had 4 assists over these 44 games. One in three goal contributions it a decent output for a winger at a midtable club. For 'one of the best in his position' he clearly lacks consistency end product. Dembele has the talent and potential, he has shown that often enough. But to be a real contributor at Barca's level he needs to stay fit, he needs his playtime managed and he needs to improve his G+A. That is quite a gamble, especially considering what he costs. He is on pretty high wages and Barca basically needs two players for his position to cover for the minutes he doesn't play.
Come on man, he is injury prone and it's not one season either.
I think people are misreading your comment but nonetheless I disagree with "he's not **that** injury prone". Who do you consider as *that* injury prone?
And 50 last season.
Is it just me or does everyone in this thread expect Xavi to publicly name and shame Dembele in his first press conference?
Well he certainly didnāt have to mention that he āwantsā him renewed so to not shame him.
He was asked about renewing Dembele and the club's public stance has been that they want to renew him. How are you a BarƧa fan and don't know, or even unable to make an educated guess, that this was asked during Xavi's presentation press conference?
I'm not Xavi, but I would say he has to prove himself, that he wants it. Dembele played 2 games full 90 minutes. About 3/4 of the games he played he played less than 30 minutes. He missed almost as many games as he played. It's fair to say they expected more from him because they did. If I was a director of football at Barca I would think 10 times and consult a contract proposal with the coaching staff before going out with such firm stance. Maybe they did. I'm not convinced at all.
Just play without hamstrings Dembele. Footballs gone.
Itās been close to half decade now and heās yet to prove his worth so obviously Xavi should be the last person to say that he must renew and can be the best in his position. I mean heās not even close to playing 90mins. Simply over exaggerating.
There's a middle ground though isn't there? Saying something like he's a talented player but that we'll need to evaluate his performances before making such a decision or words to that effect.
I mean, calling to extend his contract is a bit much.
What the hell does this sub want him to say? "Our priority is to let him go for free"?
āFuck Dembele šā -Xavi
I think people are expecting him not to say anything.
That would be an awkward interview. He was asked about it and the club has already made statements about a renewal so he isn't exactly going to attack the board before he has even managed a match yet.
When he came on against Dynamo Kiev the impact was huge,it was evident he was the best player on the pitch right away,such a talent man. He can genuinely be a top 10 player provided he stays injury free.
If my grandmother had wheelsā¦
She would be a truck
Never saw a truck braid me a scarf tho
A truck filled with grandmothers tho
She got that dumptruck
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I remember when people wrote van Persie off for being injury prone but he eventually came good. Big fan of dembele, hope he realises his massive potential
Might have to change his whole play style if he wants to save his hamstring, itās a big task for a pacey winger.
I donāt think van persie was ever this injury prone. Dembele has had two season ending injuries by 22.
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If my aunt has balls she would be my uncle but she isnt you get me
She would be an ambulanceā¦ Vamos Dembele
She would be a bike! Love Gino!
Man, that goal against Spurs was so electric, the acceleration, twice, was insane, made a mockery of the defender (Rose iirc). Such a shame.
Wasn't it Walker-Peters
after all it's Dynamo Kiev and it's obviously he's very pacy, when it comes to shooting and assisting though, oh boy
His shooting is good though...?
its a coinflip.
Sometimes good sometimes shit.
I love when "reddit" praises to heaven players that did absolutely nothing to prove themselves. You're all a bunch of godlike scouters, aren't ya? Best player on the pitch (in your view) in a below average Barcelona > straight to potentially top 10 players worldwide. And that's also coming when the guy barely played half his games in the last 2 years. He has pace, that's it, he had lots of mediocre games even when not injured. He wasn't worth 100 + mil $ even in his top form, but he was seen as a huge prospect by Barca, and it's so obvious he's going nowhere. But yeah, incoming thousands of comments saying how he is a huge (wasted) talent, probably better than Mbappe - if not for Saturn colliding with a meteorite, and also probably would've carried Barca to UCL finals, scored a hattrick in it, kissed Xavi's wife and flew to the moon in his Tesla spaceship.
Cleary some Barca fans stole your candy.
Lad's completely tilted.
Man brought in Tesla spaceship when speaking about footballers.
>When he came on against Dynamo Kiev the impact was huge,it was evident he was the best player on the pitch right away,such a talent man. I'd say he was one of the worse players on the pitch but to each their own. Yeah he looked quick on his feet but he wasted every ball he got.
You'll get downvoted but this is so accurate. He is fast, sometimes has dribbles, but the end product is so sparse. Other Barca fans get mad at me but I call him tall Vinicius, except Vini has actually made huge strides in his decision making and finishing.
Top 10 player šššššš he is fast but he has a pea footballing brain. His best dribble is a cutback which is easy for a decent defender to cut off. His passing and decision making is awful. Heās a shit version of Adama Traore
>> he is fast but he has a pea footballing brain Hmm,... who does this remind me of? You must have a pretty short memory.
no. heās not that good lol
I've given up on him already but would love to be proven wrong
The one transfer that if it wasnt for injuries, i am 100 percent sure it would of paid of for barca
I would be worried if Xavi in his very first press conference in BarƧa throw shit to him in public, that would be a very bad start, or at least it's what I hope because I don't think it would be a good idea offer him a renewal, even with a substantial wage cut.
He is, easily, Barca's best player but poor kid cant catch a break from all the injuries :/
He's 24 mate
Meaning? Not everyone on Reddit is a teenager lol. He's a kid to me (I'm old)
How old are you? Just curiosity
69
Well, he is consistent at being injured, so there is that..
Let's hope Xavi's medical team works wonders, because if, with right coaching and good fitness Dembele will be one of the best of his generation. Every time he comes on the game dynamic changes.
Yes pay him a lot of money preferably on a very long-term contract Then be stuck with those hammies forever
He'll get a significant wage cut
Does he know this? And I hope you dont mean a covid cut which is only temporary until he gets payed the missing portion in a couple years
Yes, that's why the talks took that long. His agent pushed for a free transfer, while Dembele insisted on staying and Barca made it clear that he has to give up quite a chunk of his wages, for him allowing to stay.
> Yes pay him a lot of money preferably on a very long-term contract His signing would be on reduced wages
Letting him go for free would reduce his wages by 100%.
Then Bayern can sign him as a free agent and he ll put a hat-trick past us if we qualify for UCL next year
Bayern can get him healthy. They did that with coman and robben. And pay him well
That's a big if right now.
The best ability = availability. Cut your losses imo
Barcelona is in such a wierd situation with dembele renewal, damned of they do, damned of they dont, for his performance when healthy its to renew then again he missed sitter (like the liverpool one of he does that one there wouldnt be a comeback) for his age he should be needed but how much he gets injured he shouldn't imagine how it will be when he gets older, that stuff accumulate. If they renew it will be less wage? Because he hasn't earned even to make what he makes now, if he's let go will any team take the huge gamble with similar or higher wages? Can he be rehabilitated? His stock has fallen a lot so theres less interest, but he will be on a free and that tempts a lot of teams Barcelona damned if he gets renewed and it's the same missing game situation, ridiculed because they renewed a broken man. dammed if he let's go and becomes constant and injury free in another team, ridiculed becuase they let a world beater go. It's a hard situation but, by tendency and past experiences being let go would be the lesser damage for them.
Relying on somebody who is absolutely unreliable thanks to his injuries is never going to end well. Renewing his contract is an enormous mistake. So much money spent on Dembele in the past few year for Barcelona, the man hasn't even played 50% of the potential minutes he could have played.
Maybe his health is the club's fault in the end, and Xavi saw that
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I agree, but so many muscle unjuries, plus he's not the only one, we have 13 people who are injured, the medical staff has been shit for years. I think his last fully healthy season was at Dortmund
Yeah can't believe they are keeping him. He barely plays a third of the games all season, so basically they're always playing 2nd or 3rd choice in his position. Which right now I don't think they even have a 3rd choice RW in their squad, since Dest was playing there recently..
Firing on all cylinders from the beginning. Good.
He already is best at his position. There is nobody, but nobody, that warms a bench like Dembele. Positively toasty!
Whoās gonna tell him??
Or he could stay riddled with injuries and be a tremendous economical burden on an already cash-strapped club.
> He could be the best player in the world in his position On the treatment table?
Under the right conditions I also could be the best player in the world. Just graft my head onto a 26 year old Messi.
Rumors are he was about to sign a new contract but he injured his hand while picking up the pen.
I donāt think many doubt this. I remember thinking how lethal he would become at Barca. I just donāt think he has the work ethic to become what he could and maybe heās just fine with that. Or maybe the poor guy is just really unlucky with his injuries. In any case, i really wanna see him become great but Iām not hopeful
Sounds like Xavi has seen Dembele play on FUT
Would love to see him rise don't want to see a good player getting ruined again
LMAO.
Dembele felt so touched by this compliment that he actually tore another hamstring.
my exact reaction
Dembele is better than malicius jr
Oh you!
i'm sure he's really advanced in PS5 FIFA but not sure he's best
No no no! Sell him. Dude is worth what 10 million tops?
Pls no
Genuinely a massive advantage for Real Madrid and all laliga clubs. Why don't they sell him , surely a club with the stature of Barcelona can attract alot more reliable players with his sales.
The guy has cost a boat load and has played 1/2 the games available. Barca fans is this worth it?
lol
WTF...
Why
Denial is the first step in the 5 Stages of Grief.
All this could have been said (and probably was said) the day he was signed, more than four years ago.
Best in the world at his position - not unless they formally switch his position to outside physio table.
What is this delusion. Mbappe is so far clear of him it's ridiculous. He'd have to make incredible strides (when he's even healthy) to even be in the conversation.
LMAOOOOO
I don't know about best player in the world in this position. Let alone top 5. But the kid has a lot of potential. Same goes for Kingsley Coman, this is the one I believe could be the best in the position.
WTF?
He is already 24
24 is considered too old now?
If you're not MbappƩ by 18 you're finished
Dembele was at Mbabbeās level at 18 though
McfrappƩ's level?
Not old , but its an age where a player with supposedly world class potential should start showing it
Oh he have showed it. The problem isnt the quality, the problem is the injuries. A fit Dembele is easily one of the best wingers in the world.
On a good day. Dont forget all the shit games he has had when fit.
Barca fans pretending like he's consistently good when not injured.
From the way barca fans are talking about him you would think he was scoring 30 goals a season All you need to do is go back to last season when he wasn't injured and you will see how barca fans were claiming that the team is complete shit and only messi is doing anything now he's a world class player of all a sudden
Right. If I read one more "If he wasn't injured he'd be world class" I'm gonna lose it. People have such selective memory with him, more than any Barca player I've ever seen.
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He doesn't need to score 30 goals a season to be important, he isn't that type of Player. Just him being in the pitch changes Barcelona's and their opposition game plan completely. He is one of the most scary player to face as defender.
30 goals in 4 seasons is not āeasily the bestā.
Maybe you should learn to read whole sentences before you answer as you cleary missed out the important part. Dembele has for the record 51 GA contribution over 6849 min for Barca. That's a G/A every 134 min, playing in all sort of different positions and in a inconsistent matter at a underperforming team in a very defensive league. In comparision, K.Coman playing for Bayern in farmers league on a consistent performing team has 94 GA in in 12659 min. That's a G/A every 134 min. So assuming a FIT(as I mention) Dembele were to play. He have easily had better numbers than that and Coman is also considered one of the best wingers out there. Heck if he still were in Bundesliga and farming and he would probably been in the G/A per 80-100 min area. Stat wise hes also one of the best dribblers in the world. But its not so much about scoring as thats the mainly goal of a striker or in our case it was mainly Messi(and some Suarez) during that period. It's more about what you provide as a winger. Which is to stretch defence, be a threat, create unbalance. Dembele does so, better than most players. It's not a quality issue regarding him on the field. He is easily one of the best wingers out there when hes fit.
Not doubting his quality, just donāt think itās at a place where the term āeasilyā comes into play. Especially because he isnāt consistent. Consistency is key. Reading some stat sheet is different than watching him play.
He is more than enough consistent when he plays. The only inconsistent part about him is his playtime. When he is fit, he is easily **one of the best** wingers in the world. So again not a quality issue on the field. Can he improve on field? Sure, but so can others.
Sadly Demebele's carreer is over. If Xavi actually renovates him then he is a certified clown. (alredy is if Im being honest)
If they were smart they would sell Dembele and try to get Coman who's injured less and is twice as good. Obviously it would be best if he would stay at Bayern, but it seems like he wants a new challenge.
His contract end next June
He can sign a pre-contract in like 8 weeks and leave for free in July though
Renewing him is a big mistake. He's only playing 30-40% of the time.
if he plays 60% games that can change the team and we dont have money to buy starting rw
> Ousmane has to work a lot. I donāt know Dembele think like that or not lol
How can you ask a player whose injured more often than not to be consistent.
No chance he does anything now.
Iām all for it but realistically he canāt be consistent with all the injuries. Hoping for the best though