Chelsea left as last suitor standing for Ousmane Dembele deal, with Barcelona ‘very pessimistic’

Paris Saint-Germain have pulled out of the race for Ousmane Dembele, leaving Chelsea as the only club who could take him away from Barcelona, a report claims.

Dembele is due to become a free agent at the end of the month unless Barcelona can renew his contract. That seems unlikely after they tried to sell him in January. But after that rift, the winger restored his role of prominence at Camp Nou.

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During the 2021-22 season as a whole, Dembele provided 13 assists and one goal from 21 La Liga appearances. Now, Barcelona would not be against having him add to them.

But there have been difficulties finding a middle ground so far. It has led other clubs to be linked with the 2018 World Cup winner.

One of the main suitors are Chelsea. Thomas Tuchel previously coached Dembele during his Borussia Dortmund days. In that spell with the German tactician, there were 10 goals and 21 assists from 49 appearances.

It could therefore be interesting for Dembele and Tuchel to reunite at Chelsea.