Griezmann, Dembélé and Coutinho: how to fail a bet of 350 millions

Everything began with a traspaso estratosférico, an earthquake that shook to the international football and raised the alarms around the inflation of the market of signings. Paris Saint-Germain carried to Neymar Jr of the FC Barcelona in return of 222 million euros, and the group culé found with a totally unexpected situation at the beginning of August of 2017.

By a part finish to lose to one of his best players; by the another, had of a total more than substantial to bring to practically any footballer of the world. The bad was that the rest of big clubs knew it, and by this reason 'inflaron' the prices of his players to measure that the FC Barcelona asked after they. The aim was clear: take advantage of to the maximum of the situation of 'weakness' of the team culé.

Like this it went like Ousmane Dembélé, that the previous summer had abandoned Rennes to go to the Borussia Dortmund by some 15 million euros, put course to the Camp Nou in return of 105 fixed millions more 40 'kilos' in concept of variables. A definitely risked bet by one of the young promises more brilliant of the European panorama, and that this campaign had erigido maximum assistant of Europe beside Neymar Jr.

Dembélé, bad luck... Or something more

Dembélé Won praises and critical by the same with his first apparitions, although of early way began to see the one who would be the big problem of the path of 'Dembouz', at least up to now, in the Barça: the injuries. Nine injuries of elder or less gravity has suffered the one of Vernon since it landed in the club, something striking taking into account that neither in Rennes neither in Dortmund had suffered serious mishaps. The physical problems have prevented him explode all his potential in the Barcelona, until the point that big part of the fans culé has tired of him.

Also in the directive of Bartomeu have appeared the discrepancies, since to the young footballer could him include in some exchange, this next summer, that guarantee the return of Neymar Jr or the signing of Lautaro Martínez without paying the clause of rescission.

Coutinho Began genial and finish fatal

The question is that, hardly some months after it arrived Dembélé, did it Philippe Coutinho in January of 2018, in return of 120 million fixed euros and around 40 more in variables. It landed with the poster of star consecrated and the true is that, in his first half season, played like the angels and showed his greater virtue: mark goals arriving from second line or in far shots.

It hits it: his psychological weakness. It suffered some physical problems that moved him away some weeks of the terrains of game to the start of the season 2018-19, and when it went back already never more was the same. To measure that increased the criticisms, increased also his timidity with the balloon. The loop finish with Coutinho whistled in the Camp Nou and going out by the rear door, yielded to the Bayern Munich, a year and half after having turned into the most expensive signing of the history of the FC Barcelona. Again, the signing multimillionaire had been a disappointment.

And it arrived Griezmann, the intermittent player

Without leaving carry by the disappointment and decided to be followed improving the level of the forward, Bartomeu fixed then in Griezmann. The footballer Frenchman had tricked publicly of the FC Barcelona the previous summer when refusing the offer culé by means of a documentary, but even so it gave him a second opportunity. This time yes accepted the proposal and the Barça paid his clause of 120 millions to the Athletic of Madrid.

In what we carry of campaign 2019-20, can not say that Griezmann have surrendered badly, but neither to the level that expects of him. It is one of the maxima goleadores of the team and chains good parties with others quite greyer, in an intermittence that does not offer guarantees of any type. His big hándicap is to play in a position that is not his: the one of extreme, or in occasions of leading centre, when his speciality is to act like second tip with a forward of just reference in front. From here that the name of 'Grizi' begin to appear also in the rumorología of possible barters so that they arrive Lautaro and Neymar. And the confirmation, without place to doubts, that spend hundreds of millions in 'galactic' does not guarantee at all.