Barcelona's Ousmane Dembele 'will not consider future until summer'

Barcelona attacker Ousmane Dembele is reportedly not prepared to discuss his future until the end of the season.

Dembele's contract with the Catalan giants expired last summer, but he soon returned to the club to sign a two-year extension.

The Frenchman has featured regularly for Barcelona this season, scoring six goals and providing seven assists across 22 appearances in all competitions.

While he was unable to find the net at the 2022 World Cup, Dembele registered two assists in Qatar and started six of France's seven games.

Although Manchester United and Chelsea have supposedly dropped their interest in Dembele, he is still being linked with a move away from Camp Nou.

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PSG are believed to be among his admirers, and they are looking at the possibility of signing the winger in 2023.

Dembele is also wanted in the French capital by his France teammate Kylian Mbappe, who believes that the 25-year-old would be a good addition to the Parisians.

However, according to Marca, Dembele is not prepared to listen to any offers from interested clubs until the end of the current campaign.

While Dembele is fully focused on the second half of the season, the report claims that Barcelona are in no rush to renew his current deal, although there is time to make him an offer.

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Barcelona president Joan Laporta has also stated that the Catalan giants are not currently considering the sale of Dembele.

Laporta recently told reporters: "If PSG or another club came to sign him we would tell them that he is not for sale.

"Right now he is one of the most important players we have with extraordinary speed. He is a thunderbolt. Every time he gets the ball he overflows and against Intercity he scored a great goal. He won't leave for €70m (£61.6m) or any other amount."

Although Laporta has indicated that Dembele will not be sold at any price, there is a belief that he has a €100m (£88.1m) release clause, which could drop to €50m (£44m) next summer.

After scoring in the 4-3 extra-time victory over third-tier Intercity in the Copa del Rey on Wednesday, Dembele is expected to be involved when Barcelona face Atletico Madrid in Sunday evening's La Liga contest.