Juan Quintero’s hilarious anecdote about Ousmane Dembélé

Ousmane Dembélé is not going through the best period of his career. Heavily heckled, notably by his own coach, because of his offensive ineffectiveness, the Paris Saint-Germain player remains an element who has impressed more than one throughout his career. And this time, it is his former partner in Rennes (2015-2016), the Colombian Juan Fernando Quintero, who spoke to the microphone of the YouTube channel JF10TV : «I went to Rennes on the last day of the transfer window. And when I arrived, a fortnight later, I was told “meeting”. And a skinny young man comes in and greets me. Pedro Henrique, who is now at Corinthians, tells me: “hey, watch out, this guy is a crack” (…). I look at him and say to myself, “Who could this guy be?” And the coach arrives and tells us: “you don’t know who he is. He hasn’t been here for 15 days. Guys, this is Ousmane Dembélé, he’s going to apologize, listen to him”»

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He continues the anecdote: “He stops in the middle and says, ‘I apologize to you, but not to the coach.’ Everyone starts laughing, while Ousmane continues his speech: “I apologize to you, but not to the coach, because I wanted to leave, I already extended, but I know that in one year, I will leave. I have a clause until June 20, so before June 20 I apologize to all of you, but I wanted to leave, thank you. I loved him. I have never seen such a talented man in my life. At practice, he walked past everyone and I was like, “Who is this guy?” He was flying. Impressive. I mean, I saw Messi and he’s at the top, but Ousmane… At 17, it’s impossible to hit like that with both legs (…). That year he scored 21 goals. I had never seen anyone like that. I came home and said, “Amazing, I’ve never seen anyone like that and with that personality: this guy is crazy.”. A nice tribute that will please a player who has been very criticized lately.