When Ousmane Dembele arrived at Barcelona for a nine-figure fee to replace Neymar in the summer of 2017, the hype was palpable.
The French star, who had just turned 20, was quickly dubbed a future Ballon d’Or winner and heir apparent to Lionel Messi, but after a debut which saw him provide an assist following a cameo off the bench, he suffered a hamstring injury in his first LaLiga start, ruling him out for four months.
