FC Barcelona president gave an interview to Cadena SER in which he said that Ousmane Dembele is better than Neymar.
The Brazilian winger left in 2017 for PSG and Barca signed Dembele from Borussia Dortmund to replace him.
Asked what he thought about Barca buying Neymar back, Bartomeu said: “I won’t say yes or no. I say that with their money, Barca made a sporting bet. With that money we went for players like Dembele and Coutinho. Dembele is better than Neymar. He’s at Barca and he is better.”
On Frenkie de Jong: “Frenkie will mark an important era at Barca.”
Rakitic: “He still has a contract.”
Jordi Alba: “He’s the best left back in the world.”
Post-Messi era: “We have to look for long talent. It will be a different Barca, but I don’t think it will happen soon. Messi has a contract until 2021 and I think we will give him another one. He’s stronger than ever. He’s got ambition and hope and we have Messi for some time.”
ankitttttttttrtr
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Neymar right now is way ahead than Dembele. But yeah Dembele is right now young and maybe in future could reach that level or even surpass it. Dembele is a great investment for the post Messi era.
Beatztapes
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Don't pull up seeds to help them grow! Dembele is still processing! Compared him to a legend is not fare to either of them.
Cohcmosuz
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He must have taken weed. Neymar is far better than Dembele. Dembele is good, but he only has dribbling and speed. nothing else. he doesn't have finishing. on the other hand , when Neymar was at his age , he was much much better than Dembele. that's why he was able to play with Messi. that trio was the best. Neymar has good finishing, speed, awesome dribbling, much better passing. To be honest, because of his diving , he is unliked by these people. 40million Neymar was very very good than 150millions Dembele.
ketcikmtyz
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I am. Barca fan and supporter. Neymar is far better, was far better and will forever be far better than Prince Dembele. Neymar has vision and direction, can play one two's, can score goals and can win a match for how team. Dembele us far from that, that is why he can't even dislodge cow Giroud in the French team. average players like Matuidi are still ahead of Dembele. At 19 Neymar was a household name in Brazil, at 21 he lit La Liga and captained Brazil.....come on President that comparison is misplaced. Dembele has too play 5 good matches on a row to begin to think or be even compared to the Brazilian