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The war of words between Barcelona and Ousmane Dembele has escalated with the French international declaring in an open letter that he will ‘not be blackmailed’ by the club.
Barcelona’s Director of Football Mateu Alemany had said the player should leave the club ‘as soon as possible’ after he refused to sign the new deal offered him.
He was then left out of the squad for tonight’s Copa del Rey last-16 game against Athletic Bilbao.
The war of words between Barcelona and Ousmane Dembele has escalated with the French international declaring in an open letter that he will ‘not be blackmailed’ by the club
But in an open letter Dembele said: ‘For four years now, gossip has been piling up about me and I have been shamefully lied about with the sole purpose of damaging me. Was that a mistake? I’m sure it was.
‘From today I will answer honestly, without giving in to any kind of blackmail. I am 24 years old and like every man, I have flaws and imperfections. I have lived through difficult times with injuries; I have been affected by Covid.
