Barcelona needs to maneuver France winger Ousmane Dembélé earlier than the shut of the winter switch window, a prime membership official stated on Thursday.
Barcelona soccer director Mateu Alemany stated the membership instructed Dembélé he must discover a new membership after having refused to comply with a brand new deal. His contract expires in June.
“During the six, seven months that we now have been negotiating and speaking, Barça has made a number of affords for Ousmane to proceed with us, all of which have been rejected by his brokers,” Alemany said. “Given the situation, we have told the player and his agents that he must leave immediately, because we want players who are committed to the future of the team, and that he must leave before Jan. 31.”
Coach Xavi Hernández has not included Dembélé on his squad for the Copa del Rey sport at Athletic Bilbao on Thursday. Alemany stated that call was a direct results of his refusal to signal a brand new contract.
Barcelona broke its personal membership report for transfers to amass Dembélé from Borussia Dortmund in 2017 with a deal, together with add-ons, value 147 million euros (then $175 million). Many Barcelona followers questioned the costly deal that used up an excellent chunk of the 220 million euros (then $262 million) that Barcelona acquired from Paris Saint-Germain for Neymar simply weeks earlier than.
The younger ahead was injured for lengthy stretches of his first two seasons and actually established himself as a daily starter solely final season. He has 31 objectives in 129 appearances for Barcelona.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
