You may be from France to defend Umtiti and Dembele with their current situation. Look. No disrespect to both of them. I know before this injuries they were solid national team players. Aside from whatever you have said for the city of Barcelona ( which is top 3 in the world ) the beautiful Mediterranean weather, the healthy paychecks every week, even if they don't play, aside from playing ( actually just watching ) with the best player in the world, these two should have some kind of sense of humanity and responsibility. Two years in a row, both of them are always injured with zero contribution to the team. The training seasons just got started and on the second day, Samuel got injured again. I mean, enough is enough. Every Barcelona fan knows that these two will never get any healthier and they will never have three games in a row played without injury. So, if they have that sense which I mentioned, they should take a year off, heal their injuries once for ever and then they should start from these exotic places. Dembele (22) and Umtiti (26) are considered still young, so they have time to come back to the big stages in Europe.
I don't defend them because they are French and i'm French. In fact, you can look at my comments when Demb?l? was linked to PSG last year and i was praying hard he would never come close to my club. I would actually hate to have them at my club. But they are Bar?a players, not PSG players.
What i'm saying is from their perspectives, they have actually no incentive to leave. Why would they ? You get big fat paycheck in best working environment in the industry with the best player in the world. They are living the dream. Why would you leave that to go to China, Qatar or Japan ? I'm sure i would just stay where i am. The situation is different if they were in Coutinho situation (able to play but disappointing). Both of them are always injured, thus playing time is not even a problem for them. And playing time is one of the biggest reasons a player would leave a top club like Bar?a (they can't complain about their wages, they are already "robbing" you).
If you see them talking, being at Bar?a is the apex of their career, why would they downgrade ? You had the same situation with Rakitic who was adamant about staying; now the situation has changed because of Frenkie purchase and his lower playing time.
I can understand you are fed up with them. It reminds me of Jese. Useless player who is freeloading at PSG and can't even have a successful loan at Stoke, Sporting or Las Palmas. I can't stand that player. Only difference is Umtiti and Demb?l? are/were actually talented and put up some solid/promising performances while Jese was useless from the start at PSG. Also the fact Demb?l? cost a fortune too.
They do have that sense of humanity and responsability but not towards Bar?a but towards themselves and their family. They are not only players but also people and Griezmann said that he chose Bar?a in big part because his family was settled and he feels good in Spain. Recently, Di Maria and his wife explained they hated everything about Manchester and England. The situation went sour very fast and to this day, he can't stand MU. China was an option for good players when they could pay absurd wage but this is not the case anymore. Japan is irrelevant for european players bar Vissel Kobe due to their special bond with Bar?a. And Qatar... Do i need to say more ? You go there to do winter training camps, that is all.
