None of the more credible Catalan sources reported such. By the way @ManagingBarca is quite idiotic, often reporting some fringe stuff that few believe in. The more credible sources reported that Xavi and Alemany both told him that he is not for sale. And Xavi is supposed to have another meeting with Dembele today to convince him to stay.
It just doesn't make sense that we want to sell him. If we did, why did we try so hard to renew him last summer? We purposedly inserted an idiotic clause so that we hope someone will trigger it? Or we renewed him just to sell him for some money? He is clearly a starter, Laporta and Xavi always pampered him with remarks like "the best player in the world" stuff. Sporting-wise there is a clear need for him. Raphinha and Ferran are all behind him.
Here is the thing:
This whole sage is media-oriented to a great extent. It started by two PSG outlets, and only tonight we heard from Catalan sources and again with conflicting info reflecting only the thoughts of the club.
We haven't heard a single thing yet from a credible journalist reporting the thoughts and intentions of the player himself.
Is this an accident? I think no.
Recall the whole renewal saga last spring that culminated in June with many club-oriented journalists saying what we hear again tonight: 'the club fears of losing him' 'the club considers him lost/gone' etc
Yet, the few credible sources back then reporting on the player's stance reiterated the same thing 'player doesn't want to go'.
What happened at the end is more telling: his contract literally expired, he could have gone anywhere from Chelsea to PSG and pocket a good sign-on bonus and salary, yet when he woke up and realized his contract expired he called Moussa and told him to accept Barca's last offer.
(BTW the 'stupid' clause is there because that happened to be the last offer, with Allemany finding ways to appease Moussa. one of the ways was a short 'bridge' 2 yr contract with buy-out clause)
The fact that he accepted an offer that was well below what his agent wanted for him and what he cold have gotten elsewhere shows that the guy doesn't wanna leave at all
That's why I take the club-based leaks tonight with a grain of salt, knowing as well that they do not reflect at all the player's mind. I am pretty sure Moussa is orchestrating behind the scenes negotiations with PSG, making them active and threatening to activate the clause, so that his customer will get a better offer than what Allemany has already offered. Same for the sources stating they don't trust Deco. It could very well be a facade with the goal of making the club raise their renewal offer.
What about the club now?
The club wants above all not to sell at the release clause, but at a 80-100m price, which would be fair financially in their eyes and would help with capital gain and FFP. Any position that the clubs CATEGORICALLY doesn't want to sell him whatsoever is not true.
Xavi is the only one who 100% is AGAINST selling him, but all of Laporta Allemany Deco would sell if they believe they can't find an agreement with Moussa on wages.
