Ousmane Dembele's 'contract talks with Barcelona COLLAPSE after failing to agree phrases on Frenchman's wages" paving the best way for £135m star to go away for FREE subsequent summer season amid curiosity from a bunch of Premier League golf equipment
- Ousmane Dembele is poised to go away Barcelona totally free after talks collapsed
- Dembele will likely be a free agent when his contract expires on the finish of the season
- He has been locked in talks with Barcelona however stories recommend they've failed
- The Frenchman has been linked with Spurs, Liverpool, Man Utd and Newcastle
Ousmane Demebele's contract negotiations with Barcelona have reportedly collapsed, paving the best way for the Frenchman to go away the Nou Camp totally free subsequent summer season.
Dembele, 24, has been locked in talks with Barcelona chiefs over a contract extension together with his present deal set to run out on the finish of the marketing campaign.
New Barca boss Xavi is decided to maintain maintain of Dembele and negotiations had been optimistic. It was reported final week that the attacker was ready to make a sensational U-turn having had his coronary heart set on an exit.
The identical report advised that Dembele - who joined for £135million in 2017 - can be keen to take a wage minimize to remain on and had been on the lookout for a brand new pay packet of £200,000-per-week.
However now Purpose stories that talks between the membership and Dembele's representatives haven't gone as anticipated and an settlement is but to be reached.
The outlet stories that the Frenchman's calls for weren't met and the 2 events stay a good distance aside in wage proposals. Dembele is reported to have balked on the wage minimize that Barca put ahead.
Barcelona have been hit with monetary difficulties lately, with the LaLiga membership's money owed passing the £1bn mark earlier this 12 months.
Senior stars similar to Gerard Pique, Sergio Busquets and Jordi Alba additionally took pay cuts to assist ease the monetary burden on the Catalans.
Regardless of the devastating blow to negotiations, Xavi and Barcelona stay hopeful that an settlement could be reached, even with Dembele free to barter with different golf equipment when he enters the ultimate six months of his contract on January 1.
Xavi desires Dembele to be a key a part of his Barcelona rebuild and stated of the Frenchman: 'We're going to be optimistic for him to resume, for me it's basic.'
Barcelona have to slash their wage invoice as a way to register new £55m signing Ferran Torres to their squad.
Bayern Munich, Newcastle United, Tottenham, Liverpool and Manchester United have been linked with strikes for the previous Borussia Dortmund star.
