Sport, the Spanish daily sports newspaper based in Barcelona revealed that Chelsea has returned interest in obtaining the services of French winger Ousmane Dembele from Barcelona. The newspaper indicated that the 50 million euro penalty clause in Dembele's contract with Barcelona encourages Chelsea a lot to sign the French winger next summer. The newspaper explained that Barcelona will try next summer to renew the contract of its French star, but will not increase his salary despite the fact that the player is indispensable for Xavi.
Barca renewed Dembele's contract last summer for a period of two years. During the current season, Dembele' featured in 20 matches in various competitions, scoring 5 goals and providing 7 assists.