In the past ten days, Dembele has been a popular target in media reports. The 21-year-old Barcelona star, constantly violates disciplines. Being late seems like a routine for him. His behaviour makes Barcelona’s leaders very dissatisfied. Teammates are tired of the unprofessional attitude of Dembele. On November 15th, Aspen, Marca, Mundo Deportivo and other media collectively reported another the bad behaviour of Dembele. Although it happened before he transferred to Barcelona, it is enough to illustrate a fact: this young man indeed lacks professionalism.
The source of this misbehaviour report comes from the German Pictorial. It is a disappointing story of Dembele during his time in Dortmund. Dembele joined Dortmund in the summer of 2016. Coming to the Bundesliga from Ligue 1, Dembele did not choose to buy a house but rented one. Only living there for 1 year, Dembele made the renting house messy.
The 71-year-old owner of that house Weisenberg accepted the interview from Pictorial. He complained that, “The house is full of rubbish and waste. There are rancid foods in the refrigerator and cabinets. Garbage bags are everywhere on the floor. Many bills that are not paid are put in front of the door.”
Pictures from Pictorial show that Dembele has made the rental house messy and there is much rubbish on the floor. When he left Dortmund to join Barcelona, Dembele did not even take the clothes with him. In the summer of 2017, Dembele joined Barcelona with a fixed fee of 105 million euros and a floating fee of 40 million euros. At that time, in order to join Barcelona, Dembele even refused to train to put pressure on Dortmund. Dortmund was once unable to contact Dembele himself. Therefore, Dembele has not lived in his rental house for a long time, and the beautiful apartment has become a garbage dump.
For the tenant, Dembele, the 71-year-old owner Weisenberg is full of complaints. Dembele brought great damage to his house, not to mention that when Dembele left Dortmund, even the keys were not returned to Weisenberg. The 71-year-old owner had to change all the door lock of the house. Pictorial revealed that the owner had already taken Dembele to court and claimed 20,752.76 euros plus interest from the Barcelona star. However, what is embarrassing is that the court could not find the address of Dembele in Barcelona, so they could not send a sue letter to him.
Barcelona also feels upset about Dembele. On Wednesday, Barcelona’s top executives met with Dembele’s agent, and Barcelona hoped that Dembele would follow the discipline and better restrain himself. In addition to verbal warnings, Barcelona really doesn’t have a better way. In the last round league game, he was put in the roster, which was regarded as a punishment for his absence of training, but he seemed not to care about it at all and was still late in that game. The punishment doesn’t help him to have more professionalism. Maybe, now, Barcelona really has to find a way to deal with his issues.