Monday, March 15, 2021 at 3:44 PM• Rian Rosendaal • Last update: 15:56

Ousmane Dembélé can count on a contract proposal from the Barcelona board in the short term, it reveals Mundo Deportivo Monday. The winger’s current commitment will expire in the summer of 2022 and the Catalans will at all costs prevent him from leaving with transfer-free status by then. According to the Spanish newspaper, the blossomed Dembele is certainly willing to listen to the offer.

The winger, taken over from Borussia Dortmund in 2017 for more than one hundred million euros, feels very comfortable with Koeman’s work side and therefore does not think about an interim departure from the Camp Nou, or so it sounds from Spain. Dembélé regularly gets a basic place from the Dutch coach and is one of the most important players of Barcelona this season from an offensive point of view. He first wants to know what the club can offer him from a financial and sporting point of view, but both parties are looking forward to the contract negotiations with confidence.

In addition to Koeman, Dembélé, often plagued by injuries, can also count on the support of Joan Laporta, who recently returned as president of Barcelona. Mundo Deportivo thinks that the president with a new contract for the attacker also has the financial picture. With a new and long-term contract, Dembélé can also be sold at a later stage, once the corona crisis, which also heavily affects Barcelona, ​​is definitely a thing of the past. When the Frenchman played his 100th game, the Catalan superpower recently had to transfer another five million euros in bonuses to Dortmund, in accordance with the agreement from 2017. Due to the bonus construction, the total amount has now risen to 135 million euros.

Laporta recently emphasized at RAC1 once again his sympathy towards Dembele. “I am a big fan of his. He is in great shape at the moment and and mentally Ousmane is very strong. He has really found his place at Barcelona and he is a player that we really have to keep for this club for years to come. have always supported him, because you always have to deal with top players as well as possible “, Laporta said recently.