His future has caused more ink to flow than that of Kylian Mbappé in Spain in recent hours. This shows the extent that Ousmane Dembélé has taken in the game and in the future plans of FC Barcelona in recent months. While he also won his place in the France team at the last World Cup, the former Rennais seems, at 26, to have found more maturity in his game. Spared by injuries, he was finally able to continue in Catalonia during the season which has just ended, compiling 8 goals and 9 assists in 35 games.
However, an irremovable holder in the eyes of Xavi, the native of Vernon will, as we revealed to you exclusively in recent days, join PSG. Currently in the United States for the American tour of the culé club, Dembélé lives his last moments under the Catalan tunic. This conjecture also applies to Barça, who have every interest in preparing for the future without him with one month left in the transfer window. And as often with the Barcelona board, an old track will be reactivated as the Iberian press claims this Monday evening.
FC Barcelona will dive back into the Joao Felix file!
Indeed, according to the latest indiscretions obtained by Sport, Joao Felix could be considered by the management of Barça as a credible replacement for “Dembouz”. Proposed to the Catalan leaders since the beginning of the summer by Jorge Mendes, his agent, Felix is in the process of leaving Atlético Madrid. Attracted by his profile, Barça did not go any further because none of his attackers had left while Ferran Torres and Ansu Fati have long been undesirable. With the imminent departure of Dembélé, a striker spot becomes available and the Portuguese striker is now coveted by the reigning Spanish champions. The 23-year-old had also expressed his desire to play with residents of Camp Nou in the near future in an interview.
While the interest now seems mutual, Barça is wondering about the ways to make the Colchoneros give in. While the Catalan leaders know there is water in the gas between Joao Felix and his superiors in Madrid, the loan seems the preferred option according to Sport. Nonetheless, with the Whites asking for €16m on a paid loan, Joan Laporta’s sides are clearly not ready to match that figure. According to the Catalan publication, Barca are also studying other avenues and sounding out the financial demands of each. Appreciated for his potential versatility in Xavi’s system, Felix would nevertheless leave in the shoes of a substitute if he were to join the north-east of Spain according to our Iberian colleagues. Therefore, it remains to find the solution that will suit everyone and it is often the most complicated in transfers of this scale…
