According to Toni Juanmartí, a well-known reporter of the Daily Sports Newspaper, Barca forward Dembele reiterated to head coach Xavi on January 18, local time: he hopes to renew his contract to stay in the team.
It is reported that Dembele still has the same set of words for Harvey: he is satisfied with the team, and his idea is to renew his contract. At the same time, the players also thanked Harvey for his trust in him and for supporting him in public.
Harvey, as usual, asked the players to really contribute to the stay in the negotiations. He believes that Dembele's agent, Sissoko, has too much influence in the negotiations and hopes that Dembele will join the negotiations more. Dembele, on the other hand, insisted it was his agent who was in charge of the negotiations.
At present, the negotiations are still at an impasse, and tomorrow Barca and Sissoko will continue to communicate. The club hopes to get a final affirmative answer from him and then talk to Harvey about what to do with the players.
If Sissoko continues to delay negotiations or continues to reject the current Barca offer, the two most important issues for Barca to consider are: first, whether the player leaves the team or stays in the team; second, whether the player's role in the team is the main player or a substitute.
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