FC Barcelona winger Ousmane Dembele is set to complete his move to the French club Paris Saint Germain (PSG) on Friday.
He is in Paris since Thursday and he will undergo a medical today at the club to finalise his move to the French champions.
Dembele decided to leave FC Barcelona due to personal reasons.
Barcelona head coach Xavi Hernandez confirmed to the media after their last pre-season game against AC Milan which they won 1-0 that Dembele wants to leave.
“I’ll be clear: Dembele has asked to leave, he has said that he has an offer from PSG and that they have spoken to him. He was very clear about it,” said Xavi.
“It is a personal decision. We can’t do anything about it. I feel really bad about it because we have looked after him a lot to ensure he was happy and could continue to make a difference, but now he has this offer and he has said he wants to go,” Xavi added.
Xavi wanted Dembele to renew and continue with the club as he was one of the most important players for this.
On the other hand, PSG are also about to finalise Goncalo Ramos’ move to the French capital.
Ramos emerged as a prospect after he scored a hat-trick against Switzerland in the FIFA World Cup 2022 Round of 16 game.
He was then linked to many clubs including Manchester United but they were just rumours.
However, with two attacking signings, it seems that PSG have prepared for a big departure, Kylian Mbappe, who confirmed in June that he will not renew his contract till 2025.
After which PSG decided to sell him this summer in order to avoid losing the footballer for free next summer.
To push him out of the club, the French club went to extremes. The footballer was excluded from the club’s squad for their Asian pre-season tour.
PSG did not only exclude Mbappe from the pre-season squad, but they also decided to send him to train with discarded players, players who are no longer part of the project.