Barcelona boss Ernesto Valverde has admitted that he will "deal with Ousmane Dembele internally".
The France forward has had a torrid time in Barcelona since joining the club from Borussia Dortmund for a reported £96million in the summer of 2017.
He has struggled to nail down a regular first team place and has allegedly had a number of disciplinary problems.
Dembele scored during the 1-1 draw against Tottenham on Tuesday night, but was reported to have turned up late for training on Monday morning.
The forward has been linked with a move away from the Camp Nou and was reportedly a £100million target for Arsenal in the summer transfer window, although a move was never going to happen late on deadline day.
Dembele, who is close friends with Arsenal striker Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang after their time at Dortmund together, was pictured with the Gunners frontman and a number of other Arsenal players during the summer, fuelling speculation of a move.
And the speculation has continued with these disciplinary problems.
Barcelona faced Tottenham in the Champions League on Tuesday night and Valverde was asked about the Frenchman during his press conference.
He said: "We will solve it internally and in the best way possible by helping the player.
"He is a player who gives us many things in the field, but here we have rules of behaviour that we hope will be the same for everyone.
"We will try to solve this in the best way possible if we are able to get it right. but I have already said that we hope to solve it internally."
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