Transfer: PSG ready to activate Barcelona forward’s €50m release clause to replace Mbappe

In a major development, PSG have made Barcelona forward Ousmane Dembele their priority for the summer if Kylian Mbappe leaves the club.

 

 

The Parisian giants are willing to meet the 26-year-old’s €50 million release clause to sign him, reports Santi Aouna.

 

 

PSG have been attentive to the situation for a while now. The Ligue 1 champions were interested in signing Dembele last year as well, when his contract with Barça had run out, but he ended up penning a new deal.

 

 

Dembele’s current contract with Barcelona expires in the summer of 2024 and contains a release clause worth €50 million that is active this summer.

It must be noted that as per the terms of the contract, Barça would receive only 50% of the release clause amount should any team activate it, with the rest going to the player and the agent.

 

And PSG are now understood to be ready to trigger that clause this summer so that they can sign Dembele, possibly as a replacement for Mbappe.

The Parisian giants’ director, Luis Campos, has had his eye on Dembele for a while now and wanted to sign him to partner him up with Mbappe.

 

 

But with the latter appearing likely to leave this summer, the Barcelona ace is now being looked at as a priority by PSG’s owners in Qatar.

Furthermore, new manager Luis Enrique is understood to be an admirer of Dembele and sees the winger as one of the best in the world in his position. As such, a move is now being planned in the French capital.

But, Dembele has stated that he is very happy at Baça and that talks are ongoing over a new contract until the summer of 2027.

More recently, there was even a meeting between the winger’s agent, Moussa Sissoko, and the club director Deco during which the representative reiterated the player’s stance of wanting to continue at the club.

So, Barcelona can be calm about the situation although they would be much more relieved if Dembele signs a new contract at the earliest, with the €50 million release clause removed from the deal.