Chelsea have reportedly made a last-ditch attempt to convince Barcelona winger Ousmane Dembele to join with a fresh 'contract offer' which will now prompt a decision to be made imminently with his preference to remain in Spain still well known despite these new developments.
Dembele's future has been of much speculation in recent times with Barcelona's number 7 clearly demanding over-the-top terms that have been hard for Joan Laporta and others and the Camp Nou to agree to. With days left to run on his current deal, his agent Moussa Sissoko has been anticipating a new offer coming in from the Catalan giants. However, this hasn't been the case as of yet and despite Xavi's efforts to convince the winger to accept similar terms to his current offer, the 25-year-old is clearly wanting more money on his new deal which Barcelona cannot afford.
The economic situation at the Spanish club means that they are currently limited in terms of improving new player contracts and despite an economic lever vote where the club would work to release extra operational funds, it is understood that at the terms Sissoko wants for his client, Barca cannot afford to keep the former Borussia Dortmund star. Therefore, with the prospect of him becoming a free agent largely looming ahead of Friday, July 1, the expectation was that Chelsea would have swooped in already to sign the Thomas Tuchel favourite.
