Ferran Torres enjoys working with Ousmane Dembélé at Barcelona. The Spaniard fervently hopes that his fellow attacker will nevertheless extend his expiring contract in Catalonia, which he expressed with a joke in the run-up to the Europa League match with Eintracht Frankfurt. Dembele initially expressed his wish to leave Barcelona, but after his resurrection under trainer Xavi, he opened the door to an extension again.
“Dembélé?”, Ferran begins, when asked about his companion at the forefront of los Azulgrana† “I would kidnap him to keep him here in Barcelona. It’s one of the best clubs in the world.” Ferran then continues in a more serious tone. “But it’s things that are none of our business. It’s his decision. Whatever he decides, I wish him the best.”
Dembélé seemed long on his way to the exit at Barcelona; the club even got a replacement in the form of Adama Traoré, who can be definitively taken over from Wolverhampton Wanderers after this season for thirty million euros. A deal with Paris Saint-Germain fell through last winter. However, Dembele now seems to be open to an extension again due to Xavi’s success at Barcelona – success in which the Frenchman has a significant share. Dembele is increasingly making his mark on the game of the current number two in LaLiga and has already provided ten assists in the competition.
GOAL even reports that contact has already taken place between Moussa Sissoko (Dembélé’s agent) and Mateu Alemany, football director of Barcelona. Although the parties have not yet discussed financial matters, the meeting was reportedly regarded as ‘very positive’. The atmosphere would have been cordial and emphasis would have been given to ‘resetting’ the situation. The economic terms of an extension would be discussed in the coming days.
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