Spain newspapers: Dembele acquiesced to Xavi’s threat

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Osman Dembele, the Barcelona winger, ended the series of doubts about his position on renewing his contract with the Catalan club.

Once again, the 24-year-old French proved his loyalty to the Catalan team, and confirmed his desire to continue with Barcelona next season.

Dembele’s contract with Barcelona is due to expire next summer, and the terms of renewal with Barcelona have not yet been agreed.

And according to what was reported by “Sport” newspaper, Moussa Sissoko, Marco Lichsteiner and Kelly Dembele met coach Xavi, yesterday, and told him that the player wanted to continue with Barcelona during the next season.

And Dembele’s agents announced to Xavi, that the French player wants to be part of the Barcelona project, and is proud of being a player in the Catalan team.

And the newspaper pointed out that Dembele said the same words to Xavi several days ago, but the agents wanted to confirm the matter face to face with the Spanish coach.

She said that Dembele plans to stay in Barcelona until a solution is reached regarding the new French star’s contract with Barcelona.

In this regard, the newspaper “Marca” also revealed that Xavi’s position during the meeting was clear that Dembele had to choose a solution from the two: the first to agree to Barcelona’s offer to renew and continue next season.

The second option is for Dembele to agree to leave this winter, if he does not sign the new contract.

“If Dembele does not accept one of the two options, he will not play for Barcelona again,” Xavi told Dembele’s agent.

The Spanish newspaper reported that the meeting was not tense despite Xavi’s sharp words