Barcelona boss Xavi Hernandez confirmed on Tuesday that Ousmane Dembele is poised to go away the Spanish giants after receiving a proposal from Paris Saint-Germain.
Dembele, 26, was left on the bench on Tuesday as Barcelona wrapped up its North American pre-season tour with a 1-0 win over AC Milan in Las Vegas.
Afterwards, Hernandez informed Spanish tv that French worldwide Dembele — who scored in final weekend’s victory over Real Madrid in Dallas — had been not noted after informing Barcelona he wished to go away.
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“I will be very clear,” Hernandez stated. “He has asked us that he wants to leave, he has been very direct, that he has a proposal from Paris Saint-Germain, that they have called him from there and here we cannot do anything. It is his personal decision.”
“To me, it hurts me because I think we have taken great care of him here so that he is happy and content and continues to make a difference for us.”
“But he says that he has this proposal and that he has decided to leave. That is why he has not played today.”
Dembele, who joined Barcelona in 2017, has one 12 months left on his contract with the La Liga giants.
Barcelona’s victory on Tuesday got here courtesy of a spectacular second-half strike from Ansu Fati.
A lackluster recreation at Las Vegas’s Allegiant Stadium was settled within the fifty fifth minute after a counter-attack launched by Barcelona’s teenage left again Alejandro Balde.
The 19-year-old Spanish worldwide handed to Fati simply contained in the Milan space and the ahead minimize in from the left earlier than curling an excellent shot into the highest nook.
