The club have already informed the player who has accepted an economic punishment. He bore the brunt of a lot of jokes from his team mates in Monday's session.
Ousmane Dembélé will need to dig deep into his pockets as punishment for his absent-mindedness on Sunday. He arrived two hours late for the morning training session, which had been scheduled for 11:00 hours - just a few hours after his scintillating display and wonderful goal against Espanyol in Cornellà-El Prat. Diario AS understands that the fine imposed by Barcelona will exceed 100,000 euros, "and could even be double or triple that figure", although the actual figure and details of the fine will be kept private.
Dembélé hitting top form
It wasn't the first time that Dembélé has kept his team mates waiting. Ernesto Valverde has included him in his squad list for tonight's game against Tottenham - even though on Sunday, when the player failed to show at the Ciutat Esportiva, the coach was furious. The club realizes that in terms of performance, Dembélé is in an excellent moment of form and that keeping him apart from the group or benching him as punishment would be detrimental to the team.
Training ground banter
Dembélé's team mates at least have seen the funny side. The player arrived an hour early for yesterday's session and spent the workout bearing the brunt of an endless stream of good-natured jokes and comments. Gerard Piqué, Sergio Busquets and Jordi Alba couldn't resist cracking a few remarks to difuse the situation which Dembéle took with good humour.
Barcelona players know that Valverde is generally very flexible with the internal rules of the dressing room but they're not too happy with Dembélé being fined because it has set a precedent. From now, anyone arriving late will face punishment.
wikipedia
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Doubt financial punishment works with ultra rich footballers. If you want to punish them make them train with the reserves, clean up after training, drop them for games etc.
Kingstonu
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Feel like this happens every week. An article like this pops up, people tell him to grow up, he scores in the next game and everyone says "There you go!" and then the same thing happens the day after
Anag
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Dembele they didn't want you in thier team just leave them and come to arsenal
SALAH--
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He's a rich and famous fotballer. I think the punishment should be changed to something like cleaning the pitch or extra training
leadership
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I'm not excusing Dembele's behaviour. I personally don't think the punishment is severe enough. On the other hand, it seems like you're excusing Pique. Yes, Dembele shouldn't be 2 hours late. However, being late on over 10 occasions in the case of Pique is poor professionalism no matter what way you look at it. Now that I think about it, Ronaldinho like Pique had poor professionalism.
Messifan19873
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hey it was for dembele
you really do not understand professionalism. dembele is a kid in a semi adult body. he doesn't have special treatment because we spent a shit ton of bullshit money on him. he honeslty isnt that goid he a good but isn't worth the shit we paid for him
oldjustjuo
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I don't understand why are people calling him a child he is 21, but to be honest i can't blame him.. fame probably got to him literally 2015-2016 he was at rennes collecting a low paycheck. 2016-2017 He was the best youngster in the bundesliga ( a league that is known to produce a lot of talents ). Today he is at one of the biggest clubs in the world.
Jicmorz
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good comment but dembele in a fantastic form now that he can't be punished by being dropped f on the team. I would even rather prefer him playing and not being fine than being dropped. the management's decision of fining him is a thumbs up one, at least it's now serving as a deterrent for other players who may likely want to do the same thing in d future. Anyways, Dembele is not totally going to lose by paying the fine. he will ll be playing the match to raise money for the fine, so by playing him, valverde is equally doing him good. if I were Dembele, I should be sorry and at the same time thankful to d coach for playing him.
Reaadlsyz
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Good punishment but honestly is still behaving like baby but I cant blame him bcse early wealth make him crazy. That is why I gave kudos to Messi. Check him when he started from lama sia till he graduated he never behave anyhow to either coach or board member of the club. The coach said he loved football that he comes to training early with abundant of wealth he has. Dembele need to change then he should remember where his coming from so that he will know where is going. Foundation is most important for him now, ballotelli was giveted but he mess up at the end and that is why most club don’t welcome him again. He should be wise now and listen.