After a 3-3 draw with Inter Milan in the Champions League, the Spanish media reported on the tense atmosphere in the dressing room of FC Barcelona. They were all supposed to be furious with each other and hold a lot of grudges against each other. It seems to be getting worse. According to the newspaper “El Nacional”, several players are in conflict with Ousmane Dembele.
Disappointing Dembele
The Frenchman almost always plays in the first team of “Blaugrana”. He only started on the bench in two games. However, he does not deliver what is expected of him in attack. He carries out a lot of individual actions, from which there are practically no benefits. He has three goals and four assists in 13 games. This is not enough for a player who is to be one of Barcelona’s leaders this season.
Despite this, Xavi bravely bets on him and does not rotate much in attack. For this reason, there are suspicions that the coach favors Dembele, the biggest grievances of players who lose their place in the squad because of him.
Locker room versus Dembele
Ansu Fati may be the most affected. It seemed that after the knee injury was completely healed, he would play the first fiddle, but the reality is definitely different. Mostly comes off the bench. It is true that he is a player that revives the attack of “Pride of Catalonia”, but he is not able to convince Xavi enough to play more often from the beginning.
Ferran Torres can also complain about his fate. He came to the Camp Nou hoping to be the face of the starting eleven, but in practice he gets mostly tails. Only in two league matches did he play slightly longer than an hour. However, much is said about its ineffectiveness. He has only scored once in La Liga and once in the Champions League this season.
Memphis Depay, who is recovering from an injury, does not feel inferior to Dembele. He stayed to fight for the team, he wanted to be useful to the team even though there was a real option to leave Barcelona. However, the Dutchman is far from being a leading or even supporting character. For now, his role in this series is episodic.
Complaint to the president
The three are angry at Dembele for how he plays and how low in practice his usefulness to the team is. They point out that he does not cooperate enough on the pitch with Robert Lewandowski, which is supposed to be the tactical assumption of the current FC Barcelona.
They already know about the dispute from the players Joan Laporta and Mateu Alemany. According to “El Nacional”, they claim that the Frenchman is a dressing room problem. The president and sports director of “Blaugrana” were not to hide their disappointment with both his attitude this season and the situation in the team. They’ve already recommended Xavi to resolve this conflict.
Source: Sport

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