Ousmane Dembélé, a French international, left his future open at Barcelona, with whom he ends his contract in 2022, and specified that neither he nor the club “are in a hurry” for a possible renewal, in an interview published this Wednesday in L’Equipe.
The 24-year-old, summoned with the French team for the European Championship after a long absence, clarified that now “he is totally focused” on the international tournament, in which France debuts on the 15th against Germany.
I don’t know, we’ll see. We will meet with the management, “said the extreme to a question about his stay at Barça. He was pleased to have been able to have chained 44 matches in all competitions, something unprecedented in his last three years, in which he was punished for injuries.
“I have done a lot of prevention work during the week, before and after training. I reinforce my hamstrings that have given me so much trouble, “he said.
At Barcelona, Dembélé did not consider that there is an end of the cycle but rather “the beginning of something”: he cited the arrival of Roland Araújo, Oscar Mingueza, Sergiño Dest and Ansu Fati.
The 2018 world champion also spoke about his relationship with Lionel Messi, whose permanence at the Spanish club is also not guaranteed.
He’s a good guy, a leader. He is open, he talks a lot, I get along great with him from day one. It is not pressure for me to play with him, he gives a lot of advice on the field. He advises me to attract the opponent, face, dribble, “he said. EFE (HN)