Ousmane Dembele may well be on the move in the coming months with his transfer to Barcelona not going to plan.
Signed for an eye-watering €105million (£93.4m) last summer from Borussia Dortmund, the Frenchman endured a frustrating start to his Nou Camp career with a thigh injury forcing him to miss 20 games.
Netting four goals for the club, including one in the Champions League against Chelsea, during the second part of last campaign, the 21-year-old has once again found himself in and out of the team this term.
Having called in sick prior to the international break, the club doctor was sent around to his house but found nothing wrong with his health.
it is believed that the World Cup winner has been told to get his act together or forget about making it at Barcelona.
Linked with Arsenal and Liverpool, Barcelona-based publication Sport claim that any club interested in signing the attacker would need to pay €100m (£89m) to sign the ex-Rennes man.
Although he would cost a lot of money to lure to the Emirates, Sven Mislintat knows the player well from his time at Dortmund and he would help give the team more balance on the left wing.
While there is the chance he could still turn around his career at Barcelona, teammate Luis Suarez has told him what he must do if he wants to remain at the Nou Camp.
"I think being a footballer is a privilege," he said ahead of Uruguay's game against France.
"I think he should focus on football, and take inspiration from the exemplary professionals in the Barcelona dressing room."
Given it looks unlikely he will be moved on in January unless the club receive an offer they cannot refuse, Arsenal fans may just have to wait until the summer to see if Mislintat and Unai Emery launch a move for the talented player.
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