Newcastle are apparently already luring with an astronomical offer, but President Laporta wants to keep Dembele at Barca.
Joan Laporta, President of FC Barcelona, has confirmed that his club will try to keep former Bundesliga professional Ousmane Dembele. Opposite the Catalan television station TV3.cat said the club boss: “Dembele wants to stay and we want him to stay.”
Laporta did not hold back with praise and compared the French with a prominent compatriot: “I like Dembele, for me he is better than Mbappe.”
Dembele: move to Newcastle or extra time at Barca?
Dembele’s contract with the Catalans expires in the summer, An extension has been planned for some time with the winger battered by bad luck with injuries.