Ousmane Dembele's future at Barcelona has taking a twist since the club brought in Malcom.
Barcelona star Ousmane Dembele has sparked transfer rumours by hanging out with players of Arsenal.
Dembele has been a topic of interest since Barcelona signed Brazilian youngster Malcom from Bordeaux.
Malcom was brought is as a marquee signing by the club and is a direct rival to compete with Dembele for the starting spot in attack.
Since the signing of Malcolm who has now joined up with Barcelona for their pre-season campaign, Dembele’s future at the Camp Nou has been up in the air, with several clubs linked with his signature.
Still very young the French youngster has been liking posts of negative comments about him on his official Twitter handle.
Dembele who is currently on an extended break after his exertions at the 2018 FIFA World Cup was in a pictured along Arsenal stars Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, Alexandre Lacazette, Henrikh Mkhitaryan and Matteo Guendouzi.
The picture was uploaded by Aubameyang’s father on his Instagram account and shows the Barcelona star in high spirits with his Arsenal colleagues.
Before his £97million move to Barcelona, Dembele was teammates with Aubameyang at Dortmund and is familiar with Lacazette in the French national team.
According to several reports, Dembele has been dismissed by Barcelona boss Ersneto Valverde hence the acquisition of Malcom and the youngster is trying to find a way away from Spain.
Arsenal supporters are excited about a possible signing but there has been no official bid from the Gunners, while Barcelona has not stated that he is on the market.
Dembele who modelled Barcelona’s new jersey is due at the Camp Nou before their Supercopa Espana clash against Sevilla scheduled for Sunday, August 12.