Posted January 5, 2022 at 2:30 p.m. by GdSS updated January 5, 2022 at 2:32 p.m.
Under contract until next June with FC Barcelona, Ousmane Dembélé is insisted on leaving as an agreement with his management for an extension seems impossible to date. However, all options are still open in this thorny issue…
While FC Barcelona has been in the process of restructuring for several months with the big financial problems it has to face and which notably led to the departures of Lionel Messi ( PSG ) and Antoine Griezmann ( Atlético de Madrid ) these latter month, the case of Ousmane Dembélé flows a lot of ink. The 24-year-old French striker will come to the end of his contract with Barça next June, and according to the latest trends, an agreement is still very far from being found between the clan Dembélé and the management of the club blaugrana. But the door remains open on the side of the old nugget of Stade Rennais …
Dembélé's entourage is still waiting for Barça
Indeed, as the Cadena Ser announcement this Wednesday, Ousmane Dembélé's agent has not yet completely closed the door to FC Barcelona and above all would wait for the management of the club to take a step forward by presenting an offer worthy of the name and which would prove how much she relies on him for the future. Clearly, the entourage of Dembélé has not yet registered his free departure from Barça next summer, while the suitors are already present in this case, at start with the PSG . Mundo Deportivo announced on Tuesday that Leonardo is already in contact with Dembélé 's agent and will consider luring him to the Parc des Princes for free next summer. Barcelona is therefore warned…
Xavi remains calm
Asked at a press conference on Tuesday, Xavi preferred to play the serenity card with regard to the soap opera Dembélé , and the coach of FC Barcelona remains confident about the outcome of the negotiations: “I am calm and I ' wait for news. It's not up to me. It depends on the club, the player and the representatives. Ousmane must make an effort and think about his future, which passes through Barça (…) I am waiting for him to make an effort. It's the best sports project for him. Nowhere will he be as happy as at Barça. Let's see what he decides, ” Xavi said. All the options therefore seem still possible for Dembélé .