Ousmane Dembele makes U-turn on his future as he seems 'set to decide to Barcelona' regardless of Chelsea and PSG curiosity... as brokers reveal plans to resume his contract after assembly with Xavi
- Ousmane Dembele's brokers have revealed his intentions to stay at Barcelona
- The 24-year-old is out of contract in the summertime and was advised he might depart
- The Frenchman has been linked with high-profile golf equipment reminiscent of PSG and Chelsea
- Dembele launched an announcement accusing Barca of making an attempt to blackmail him
Ousmane Dembele is ready to commit his future to Barcelona, regardless of weeks of turbulent hypothesis surrounding his future.
The Frenchman's brokers Moussa Sissoko and Marco Lichsteiner met with Barca coach Xavi Hernández to disclose his need to stay with the Catalan giants, in line with Sport.es.
Within the assembly, Sissoko and Lichsteiner had been eager to make it identified that Dembele is absolutely dedicated to the Barca challenge and is proud to be a Barcelona participant after not too long ago being frozen out of the squad attributable to his unsure future.
There was loads of stress between the 2 events, nevertheless it reached a brand new low not too long ago when the 24-year-old publicly launched an announcement accusing them of making an attempt to blackmail him into signing a brand new contract.
Dembele launched the assertion after Barcelona's director of soccer Mateu Alemany stated the participant ought to depart the membership 'as soon as possible' following a breakdown in contract talks.
Dembele reportedly demanded a 'loopy' wage package deal price as much as €80million (£66.9m).
Barcelona, nonetheless, are at the moment making an attempt to safe new offers for stars on lowered phrases initially with extra money coming within the back-end of the contract, permitting them to release funds to signal gamers for the time being.
Dembele has simply six months left on his present deal, however has revealed his intentions to stay on the LaLiga membership - regardless of reportedly coming into negotiations with Premier League facet Chelsea earlier this week.
Dembele's agent, Moussa Sissoko, additionally appeared to inadvertently present he was receiving a name from Paris-Saint Germainsporting director Leonardo after arriving in Barcelona.
Sissoko was filmed by Spanish tv cameras leaving the airport along with his telephone in his hand however a more in-depth look exhibits the display lighting up with somebody calling him.
And El Chringuito TV zoomed in on his telephone to see the phrases 'Leonardo PSG' on the display.
The hypothesis ought to now come to an in depth with only a matter of days left to go within the switch window, though Dembele is but to place pen to paper on a brand new deal.
Dembele initially joined Barcelona in 2017 from German facet Borussia Dortmund for £96million.
Since making the transfer to Spain, the Frenchman has struggled to take care of health and stay as much as the hefty price-tag.
He has solely performed six occasions in LaLiga this time period and 3 times within the Champions League, failing to attain in both competitors.