When Neymar decided to abandon the FC Barcelona, all the machinery of the club set up to look for him to a substitute of guarantees. Kylian Mbappé Was very near to be this substitute. Nevertheless, the signing of the crack French finish frustrating and was Ousmane Dembélé the one who finish in the Camp Nou.

The decision that Mbappé no fichase by the Barcelona recaló totally in the Barcelona club and no in the player. As it explains Sportive World, the technical office was the one who took the decision together with Ernesto Valverde that what did fault was a pure extreme like Ousmane Dembélé, and no a forward more goleador like the ex player of the Monaco.

The freshness and the desborde that could contribute the then player of the Borussia of Dortmund captivated in such a way to the technicians of the FC Barcelona that finish deciding by Dembélé, a type that the previous summer had a no upper price to the 15 million euros and by which can finish paying some 140.

Economic reason

The second fundamental reason by which the FC Barcelona descartó the signing of Kylian Mbappé was the economic. Also as it explains the quoted half, the total total of the traspaso of the French forward elevated to 180 million euros adding the fixed part of 120 and the variable of 60.

The figure considered excessive in the Barcelona entity and braked the negotiations with the Monaco. After the signing of Dembélé by the Barça, Coutinho and Gave María were the only options that contemplated .