Ousmane Dembele's Barcelona career could be headed for an abrupt end. According to recent reports, the talented Frenchman could be sold by the club as early as this January, with a number of English clubs closely following his situation.
RAC1 states (via Sport) that the Blaugrana is not impressed with the World Cup winner's attitude and is thus ready to listen to offers for the winger. The Catalan radio station points to his actions on the day of the Inter Milan clash as proof, revealing that the former Dortmund ace arrived 25 minutes late at Camp Nou for that Champions League encounter.
Dembele played no part in that tie. He was named on the bench and remained there throughout the entire 90 minutes and was not even sent to warm up. The manager insisted that the reason for this was purely tactical but there seems to be more to it.
The former Bundesliga sensation is yet to cement a place in Valverde's lineup. He suffered an unfortunate injury in his debut season and went through a lengthy spell on the sidelines but he finds himself on the bench more often than preferred up until today.
The Barcelona hierarchy doesn't appear to be sold on his performances and character. They now look ready to offload him having rejected interest from suitors over the summer.
Chelsea, Liverpool, and Arsenal are three English clubs linked with the 21-year-old. The Gunners were rumored to be keen on reuniting Ousmane with former Dortmund men Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, Henrikh Mkhitaryan, and Sven Mislintat. However, the Blaugrana's asking price might be out of the north London outfit's spending reach.
The Spanish champion splashed $122M to lure him away from Signal Iduna Park and will be looking to recoup that amount. The Blues and the Reds are big spenders that could meet the Catalan giant's asking price.
Klopp's crew will offer him a good shot at winning the Premier League and Champions League, a competition which he could feature in due to UEFA's scrapping of the cup-tied rule. Competition at Anfield, though, is tough as Shaqiri is already fighting to displace Salah or Mane in the lineup.
