The point of no return seems to have been reached.

In full doubt about his future, he who will be at the end of his contract next June, Ousmane Dembélé is driving Barça leaders crazy with totally crazy salary demands (we are talking about 20 million euros annually, against 10 today) , even as he continues to chain physical glitches since his arrival in 2017.

Thursday morning, the sporting director of Barça took a new step by demanding the immediate departure of the player during the winter transfer window.

"It seems obvious to us that the player does not want to continue at Barcelona and get involved in Barca's future project.

Under these conditions, we therefore told him and his agents that he had to leave immediately ”, thus released Mateu Alemany to the media of the Catalan club.

Dembouz in the heart of Xavi

“We started discussions around July. During these six, seven months, we discussed. Barca have made several offers, so the player can continue with us. These offers were systematically rejected by his agents, developed the leader. We hope to transfer it before January 31”. Consequently, the 2018 world champion was not retained in the group which must face Athletic Bilbao on Thursday (9:30 p.m.), in the round of 16 of the King's Cup.

Arrived at FC Barcelona in the summer of 2017 to replace Neymar for around 135 million euros, Ousmane Dembélé had become at the time the most expensive recruit in the history of the Blaugrana club.

Long disturbed by leg injuries, the 2018 world champion (27 caps) took time to make his mark in Catalonia.

He has nevertheless established himself as a central part of new coach Xavi's system of play since his return from injury at the end of November.

Barça well annoyed

In six La Liga games this season, he has provided two assists (for no goals).

Xavi acknowledged a "complicated and difficult" situation on Wednesday.

"It's not easy, but Mateu Alemany has been negotiating with his representative for five months, and we can't wait any longer: either he extends or we will have to find a solution for the player," he said.

At 24, the former Rennes and Dortmund retains a good rating on the player market.

The winter transfer window represents the last opportunity for Barça to sell him, while reducing his wage bill.

If a transfer is not concluded by January 31, the Blaugrana club, weighed down by a debt of more than one billion euros, will have to resign itself to seeing him leave without consideration this summer, unless there is an unlikely agreement to extend his contract.

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