Dembele: I Met This Club Before Joining Barca
Dembele: I Met This Club Before Joining Barca
By SL International - Mar 03, 2018 11:00 AM
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Ousmane Dembele has revealed which European giant he considered joining before he made the switch to FC Barcelona.
The French winger joined the Catalan giants from Borussia Dortmund for a reported fee of €105 million.
The 20-year-old has now revealed he held a meeting with Paris Saint-Germain and their president Nasser Al-Khelaifi.
“I had a strong meeting with Nasser (Al-Khelaifi, PSG president), he’s a fantastic president and it went really well,” Dembele told Onze Mundial, according to ESPN.
“"What struck me about him is that he is very humble, he's calm and I had never seen that. Honestly, he's a good guy.
“In 2016, I had a meeting with Barcelona. I had told them: 'For next season it's not possible, but the next time you contact me, I'll come,' and that is what happened.
“In 2017, what did you want me to do? That I say 'no' to Barcelona a second time? That was impossible for me.
“I'm at a crazy club here, alongside the best. Every year, the club's in the Champions League semi-finals or the final.
“I would like to see how the people who criticised me would have reacted if they had been in my position.”
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