The future of Ousmane Dembélé is still in the air.
The French striker, whose contract expires on June 30, 2022,
is recovering from a serious injury
to the hamstrings of his right leg, which he suffered during the Eurocup dispute, needing to undergo surgery and which will take a while of no less than four months, so in the best of cases we would go directly to November.
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Such misfortune also meant a serious setback in the club's roadmap, which had among one of the priorities,
negotiating with the winger to reformulate the contract and propose a renewal
, thus preventing Ousmane from leaving for free next summer.
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However,
the injury brought the negotiations
between Dembélé's agent and the club to a halt.
In any case, up to what they know or point to in the sports direction, the feelings, after the last meeting, were very positive, so Barcelona considers that, despite still having a long journey,
the bases of the negotiation are already in place. sitting.
Right now
the conversations between both parties have been left on 'stand by'
, since Dembélé's recovery is prioritized over anything else.
The French international, who, as we anticipated in AS, is recovering Paris in the company of a club physio, has no intention of returning to Barcelona for now.
In principle, his return is planned when he can already carry out continuous career and field work.
At the club they want to close their renewal before the end of the year
because they are not willing to enter into a war of speculation about the future of the forward. And it is that for a long time
Juventus has been pointed out as the club that is torpedoing the renewal of
the forward with the aim of signing him next year with the freedom letter in hand.