He is announced on departure, ready to go to England or to replace Angel Di Maria at Paris Saint-Germain.
In view of recent statements by its president at FC Barcelona Joan Laporta, rumors surrounding the future of Ousmane Dembélé will continue to swirl.
At the end of the contract at the end of the season, the French international has so far "not informed" his leaders that he "wanted to continue".
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"I don't know if his representative has contacted us, but I think not, because I would know," Laporta said in an interview with Mundo Deportivo.
The last extension offer proposed to Dembélé and his advice "expired on December 20, 2021", recalled the president, which means that the player will have to, if he decides to stay, accept the new salary limits imposed by the club for any new contract.
He is currently in good shape
After refusing Barça's extension offer, Dembélé, who was told by his coach Xavi in January to extend his contract or "leave the club", was sidelined for a month.
Now back, he multiplies the good performances in recent weeks.
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"We are perhaps seeing the best Dembélé since his arrival at Barça", recognizes Laporta, welcoming in particular the very good work done, since his arrival as coach, by Xavi, former star player of Barça, with the international. French, world champion in 2018 in Russia.
"At the end of the season, I guess that one way or another we will have conversations within the salary range that we have established," he added, about a possible extension of the contract. French winger.
Ousmane Dembélé would be one of the players followed by PSG for next season.