Arsenal wish city forward Dembele to be their sixth and final summer transfer when previous deals for Stephan Lichtsteiner, Bernd Leno, Sokratis Papastathopoulos, screenwriter Torreira and Matteo Guendouzi.
The 21-year-old has been tipped to swap La Liga for the Premier League within the wake of Barcelona’s sign language of Malcom from Bordeaux.
And the Daily Mail say Arsenal’s interest in Dembele has divided city chiefs.
The Catalan giants shelled out a large £96million direct to sign the France international from Borussia Dortmund a year agone.
Ernesto Valverde selected the athlete as a replacement for Neymar, World Health Organization quit for PSG in an exceedingly £200million deal.
Valverde ’is not to a fault enamoured with Dembele’ despite selecting his sign language.
Barcelona chief Josep Maria Bartomeu, though, has told the player he won't be oversubscribed earlier than La Liga’s point in time of August thirty one.
However, the Daily Mail say the Catalan club are happy to try and do business with Arsenal if they reach £96m to sign Dembele.
Recent reports have claimed, though, the Premier League facet would be additional in favour of a loan deal.
And, with city taking part in hardball over Dembele, Gunners legend Martin Keown cannot see any further players inbound at the Emirates.
The Arsenal legend told the Daily Star: “I suppose it’s troublesome for a manager.
“If you think that regarding it he’s got twenty two new signings doesn’t he. He’s need to are available in, he’s need to work with all the players.
“He’s got four central defenders there with (Calum) Chambers, (Rob) Holding, (Shkodran) Mustafi and Sokratis. He’s need to get that message across and determine quickly.
“I don’t grasp whether or not the money’s there. i believe he’s attending to have to be compelled to sell most likely if he’s attending to get and there doesn’t appear to be a lot of happening within the transfer market.
“So i believe he’s probably done his business nice and early and he’s attending to prepare with this cluster, see however he goes from there and perhaps following transfer window he goes in once more.”
Dembele scored simply four goals for city following his arrival from Dortmund twelve months agone.
Who is Barcelona star and Arsenal target Ousmane Dembele?
Age: 21
Country: France
Honours: DFB-Pokal (2017)
La Liga (2018)
Copa del Rey (2018)
World Cup (2018)