Undoubtedly, the signing of Ousmane Dembélé will go down as a failure. The French winger did help the team and did play his part in winning some trophies. But given the huge outlay to sign him - €105 million plus a reported €40 million in add-ons - much more was expected.
It’s a big indictment of FC Barcelona’s failed transfer policy over the last decade that he’s arguably not even the worst signing of them all. That might just be Philippe Coutinho.
Selling him to Paris Saint-Germain for a reported fee of €50 million, of which only 27 goes to Barcelona directly (the rest going to the player and his agent), confirms a sad ending to the saga.