Barca Ready To Offload Dembele To Chelsea, Arsenal, Liverpool

Barcelona are prepared to listen to offers for French forward Ousmane Dembele in January.

The news has put a trio of Premier League clubs on alert, with Chelsea, Arsenal and Liverpool all thought to be interested in taking the 21-year-old off their hands.

It is thought that Barca chiefs have already grown concerned over Dembele's attitude, less than 18 months after his £96million move from Borussia Dortmund.

According to the Catalan radio station RAC1, the powers that be at Barcelona are sounding out possible suitors after the forward arrived late for their Champions League clash with Inter Milan.

Dembele arrived at the Nou Camp 25 minutes after the scheduled 7pm time and was left on the bench for the entire match. He was not even sent to warm up once by coach Ernesto Valverde.

Valverde tried to play down the incident afterwards, claiming that it had been a purely tactical decision, but reports suggests the problems with Dembele are deeper.

The World Cup winner did return to action on Sunday in El Clasico, coming off the bench to set up the fifth goal for Arturo Vidal in Barcelona's stunning 5-1 win which signalled the end of Julen Lopetegui's time at Real Madrid.

If he is to be sold, Barcelona would be looking to recoup the £96m they forked out for him — a record fee for all three Premier League clubs chasing him.

Meanwhile, Valverde's side return to action on the pitch on Wednesday night when they visit Cultural Leonesa in the first leg of their Copa del Rey tie.