Xavi pressuring Barcelona to renew the contract of creative wizard – report

With Ousmane Dembele’s contract with Barcelona set to run out in a little over two months, the club need to act fast to tie down the forward’s contract.

While talks had broken down completely at the turn of the year, Barça reached out to his agent, Moussa Sissoko, last month, with a meeting held in Morocco to restart discussions over an extension.

Furthermore, Dembele’s representative was in Barcelona on Tuesday for another meeting, which is believed to have gone well. While an agreement is still yet to be reached, following the latest talks, there is optimism within the club that a resolution can be reached.

COPE’s Helena Condis has now come up with an update on the contract situation of Dembele. The journalist is claiming that Barcelona manager Xavi Hernandez is pressuring the club to extend the 24-year-old’s deal and ensure that he stays put at Camp Nou beyond this season.

Helena Condis also adds that Dembele is also keen on prolonging his stay at Barcelona, and both parties are positive that a compromise can be arrived at in the coming weeks.

This is certainly good news from the club’s point of view, considering how brilliantly Dembele has performed in the second half of the ongoing campaign.

The 24-year-old has managed to stay fit and put in some fine performances in the final third of the pitch, repaying the faith shown by Xavi. He has been a game-changer for the Catalans on many occasions and played a big role in the team’s revival in recent months.

Xavi has always maintained that he wants Dembele to stay at the club, and is now believed to be urging the club to ensure that the Frenchman signs a new deal.

Barcelona have had a change of heart in the matter as well, as it looked like there would be no way back for the 24-year-old after the events in January. However, they will not budge to his demands and it will take efforts from both sides to reach an agreement over a new deal.