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Ousmane Dembele issued a timely transfer reminder to Chelsea on Sunday as Barcelona beat Athletic Bilbao 4-0.

reported in January that the Blues were monitoring the France international's situation at Barca, with less than six months remaining on his contract with the club.

Barcelona chief, Mateu Alemany, when speaking towards the end of the January transfer window, asked Dembele to leave the Catalan club as soon as possible after failing to agree a new deal.

He said: "The reality is that we began negotiations with his agents five months ago. During this time there has been continuous communication in which the club's position has been to want him to continue.

"Different offers have been made to him, we worked really hard and put a lot of effort, we have done enough for the player to consider what he has to do with his future.

"We are 11 days away from the closing of the transfer window and we understand that... the player has decided not to continue and what we want is players committed to Barca. Both for his sake and for the club he has to leave as soon as possible."

However, Dembele stayed put