Xavi still hasn’t thrown in the towel for Dembélé

No one at the club knows what the future of Ousmane Dembélé will be, whose contract ends on June 30. In fact, in the locker room, no matter how much they have sounded out the player, they have not found the waters clear either: the striker is enigmatic and evasive every time they ask him about his future.

The only reality is that the player He had a renewal offer in his hands, which expired on December 20, and which his agent, Moussa Sissoko, unconditionally rejected.. From here, some isolated contact between both parties, but completely unsuccessful, with the unfortunate chapter in January as the final climax, where both Barcelona and the representative engaged in endless reproaches, even reaching threats and ultimatums .

But from January until now the situation has changed a lot for Dembélé. The striker feels important again, after redeeming himself in front of the fanshaving to endure the punishment of whistles and jeers at the Camp Nou, and also He shares a dressing room and football with one of his best friends, the Gabonese Pierre Emerick Aubameyangsigned ‘in extremis’ this January, and with whom he coincided at Dortmund.

These two factors, along with the full confidence shown by Xavi Hernándezwho recovered it for the cause, despite the doubts raised by the club’s leadership, they still open some hope for Dembélé to rethink his future and end up accepting the renewal.

In fact, Xavi is one of those who is most confident that the situation can unravel at any time: he sees Ousmane very happy and integrated into the game and with his teammates. In any case, the big obstacle is his agent, Sissokowhich has already shown from day one to prioritize money over any other conditioning factor.

And if Ousmane’s future is still up in the air, the same can be said with that of Adama Traoré. As we reported in AS, the Blaugrana youth squad will only continue if there is a bareback exchange with another player, but in no case will the club pay the 24 million of the purchase optionespecially considering that the contract with the English club ends in the summer of 2023. Hence, Barcelona raised a possible barter with Francisco Trincao, who currently plays on loan at the ‘Wolves’, but right now it seems that it is an operation dismissed from England.