Spanish Giants Barcelona has told Ousmane Dembele to leave the club before the end of January, as his contract would be expiring this summer. The big club is currently in debt and are looking for ways to clear their debt.
Dembele, who joined the La Liga giants from Borussia Dortmund in 2017 in a deal worth €140 million, has yet to agree a new deal and can leave for free when his contract expires in the summer.
“With Ousmane and his agent we began conversations around July so it’s been six months and a bit,” said Barcelona director of football Mateu Alemany. “We’ve talked, we’ve talked, we’ve talked. Barca has made different offers.”
“We’ve tried to find a way for the player to continue with us but these offers have been systematically rejected by his agents and today, January 20, eleven days before the last period of his contract ends, it seems obvious to us that the player does not want to continue at Barcelona and he is not committed to Barca’s future project.
“In this scenario he and his agents have been informed that he must leave immediately because we want players committed to this project and therefore we hope that a transfer will take place before January 31.”