The 9 minutes of Dembélé that cost Barca 5 million
Ousmane Dembélé only played 9 minutes, plus added time, in the win against Alavés. Enough so that the club had to pay 9 million in variables to Borussia Dortmund for the Frenchman.
Never have so few minutes cost so much. Ousmane Dembélé played his 100th match for Barcelona, which meant the Catalan outfit had to pay more millions in variables.
Koeman brought on Dembélé in the 81st minute. He came on for Griezmann to play his 100th match. By reaching this figure, Barcelona will have to pay Borussia Dortmund 5 million more euros.
This was one of the variables that both clubs had set in the transfer, Dembélé informed. In this way, the cost of the Frenchman has now reached 140 million euros.
Barcelona and Borussia Dortmund agreed on a series of variables to be added to the initial 105 million euros, variables that were met by playing 25, 50, 75 and 100 games.
Only Philippe Coutinho has cost Barcelona more, for now, than Dembélé, who is currently their second most expensive signing ever.