Anwar Ibrahim (Cairo)
The future of French star Osman Dembele, the Spanish player of Barcelona, is still in the unknown, in light of the faltering negotiations between the player’s agent and the Barca administration, which still clings to the hope of reaching an agreement to extend the player’s contract, which ends in the summer of 2022, but it did not specify precisely the strategy that it will pursue, In the event that negotiations between the two sides reached a dead end.
Spanish press sources said that the Blaugrana officials did not rule out the possibility of “freezing” the world champion crowned with the World Cup Russia 2018, as they did last season with the player Moriba, who refused to renew his contract and wanted to leave for any other club.
Although Dembele participated in the last two training sessions for the team, his name was not included in the list of the team’s match against Rayo Vallecano in the 11th round of the Spanish League “La Liga”.
In this context, Dutch coach Ronald Koeman said, “The important thing is that we want Dembele to stay with us. This is essential because he is a player who has a lot of talent, skill and potential, and our goal is to renew his contract. The other thing that we wish, is to show The player does not want to renew his contract. In this case, the club’s management will determine the best way to deal with him. He added: We have not yet defined a specific strategy in the event that his contract is not renewed.
The global website Goal, in its French version, stated that although the talks between the two sides have not resulted in anything so far, the Barcelona administration does not want to rush or rush things, and is patient, because it wants to convince him to renew until the summer of 2022. In the event of failure to do so. Until next January, the French world champion may suffer from sporting measures as a form of punishment, and the “freeze” option is on the table, and it may be the last weapon.
Negotiations between the two sides began very early, even before the player’s participation with his country in the European Nations Cup “Euro 2020”, during which Dembele was injured in one of its matches, and then negotiations stopped after that for a short period, pending his recovery, and then resumed again recently. Under the patronage of Juan Laporta, president of the Catalan club.
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