Ousmane Dembele has revealed why he turned down the chance to move to Paris Saint-Germain this summer.
Barcelona were prepared to use the Frenchman as part of a deal to re-sign Neymar, but he was unwilling to listen to the Ligue 1 giants.
It looks unlikely that Dembele will be given a consistent starting place under Ernesto Valverde, following the arrival of Antoine Griezmann.
"I don't care who comes in, competition doesn't scare me; I will fight to succeed here," Dembele told L'Equipe.
The forward also insisted that he intends to stay at Barcelona and fulfil one of his dreams there: winning the Ballon d'Or.
Dembele's reluctance to leave the Camp Nou is despite his great relationship with PSG boss Thomas Tuchel.
The pair worked together at Borussia Dortmund in the 2016/17 season, with Dembele playing an integral role for the team which led to his move to Barcelona.
Kohmarz
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Dembele should have been sent to kidney garden to learn something from children.
nioabkmnty
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you are a great player, but you need to be more serious.your fans want more for you. courage
pobbcektuz
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You need some discipline dembele. I'm not happy with your attitude towards barca officials and the idea of missing training and poor diet is absolutely immature.
Kaymonie
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When you know you have dreams like winning Balon d’or one day why are you not serious why don’t you stay fit why do you play one match and go out for injury for 5 weeks if you wanna stay in Barca then prove everyone wrong and don’t get injured