Barcelona needs to transport France winger Ousmane Dembélé earlier than the shut of the wintry weather switch window, a most sensible membership reliable mentioned on Thursday.
Barcelona football director Mateu Alemany mentioned 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.
“Right through the six, seven months that we have got been negotiating and speaking, Barça has made a number of gives for Ousmane to proceed with us, all of which were rejected by way of his brokers,” Alemany mentioned. “Given the placement, we now have instructed the participant and his brokers that he should depart right away, as a result of we would like avid gamers who’re dedicated to the way forward for the workforce, and that he should depart earlier than Jan. 31.”
Trainer Xavi Hernández has now not incorporated Dembélé on his squad for the Copa del Rey recreation at Athletic Bilbao on Thursday. Alemany mentioned that call used to be a right away results of his refusal to signal a brand new contract.
Barcelona broke its personal membership file for transfers to procure Dembélé from Borussia Dortmund in 2017 with a deal, together with add-ons, value 147 million euros (then $175 million). Many Barcelona lovers puzzled the pricy deal that used up a just right bite of the 220 million euros (then $262 million) that Barcelona won from Paris Saint-Germain for Neymar simply weeks earlier than.
The younger ahead used to be injured for lengthy stretches of his first two seasons and actually established himself as a normal starter most effective closing season. He has 31 objectives in 129 appearances for Barcelona.