Barcelona President Joan Laporta: ‘Dembele is tempted to move’
OUMANE DEMBELE BARCELONA
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Ousmane Dembele’s contract with FC Barcelona expires in the summer, according to Barca President Joan Laporta, the Frenchman can imagine leaving.
Joan Laporta, President of FC Barcelona, has spoken to Radio Catalunya Explains that Ousmane Dembele “is tempted to leave Barcelona. But we still hope he stays with us.”
Dembele’s contract with the Catalans expires this summer. After in Winter another collaboration already off the table was, all options are open again since the arrival of Xavi as head coach.
“He wants to stay, but he’s very attracted to other offers that offer better conditions,” Laporta told Spanish radio. “Our offer has been around for a long time and his agents have asked us for time until the end of the season, which is next week.”
Dembele: Bayern Munich seems interested too
Barcelona continue to do everything they can to keep the Frenchman in the Spanish sun: “The coach and I like him and we tried very hard to keep him,” said Laporta.
The Catalans remain in a financial bind, according to Xavi players must first be sold before new ones can come. If a contract extension does not come about, according to Laporta, interested parties would be queuing up. Apparently he thinks the same way FC Bayern to make a contract offer to Dembele.