Ousmane Dembélé realizes that his situation at Barcelona is hopeless and is still open to a departure in January, the program reported. Què t’hi jugues on Radio Barcelona. The 24-year-old attacker is being pushed towards the exit of the Camp Nou due to his expiring contract and must create space for another reinforcement next to Adama Traoré, who will be medically examined on Friday.
Dembele says he still wants to extend his contract with Barcelona, but the Catalans have no intention of meeting the Frenchman’s astronomical salary demands. That was made clear again on Thursday to Moussa Sissoko. Dembélé’s agent had a meeting with trainer Xavi, technical advisor Jordi Cruijff, vice president Rafa Yuste and general manager Ferran Reverter. This has led to the conclusion that Dembele could still make a transfer this month.
This would mean Barcelona would lose a hefty salary post and could start looking for a new attacker. Álvaro Morata is still in the picture as reinforcement, it is reported in Spain. The 29-year-old striker, who is hired by Juventus from Atlético Madrid, has instructed his agent to find a solution. The representative spoke to Atlético on Thursday in hopes of forcing a breakthrough. Morata would love to go to Barcelona, but both the Madrilenians and Juventus are hesitant for the time being.
Traoré’s arrival at Barça is certainly certain. Barcelona will hire the 26-year-old Wolverhampton Wanderers attacker until the end of the season with an option to buy. The Catalans can take over for 30 million euros in the summer. Traoré comes from Barça’s youth and played four games in the former before being sold to Aston Villa in 2015.
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