Barcelona have confirmed Xavi Hernandez as the club’s new manager recently.
The former Spanish international has now confirmed that extending the contract of Ousmane Dembele is one of the club’s priorities.
Xavi heaped praise on the winger and revealed that he could be the best player in the world in his position but he needs to work on his consistency.
The French international winger is nearing the end of his deal at Barcelona and the Spanish club seemed determined to hold on to him for the long run.
The former Borussia Dortmund winger has not been able to showcase his true qualities at the Spanish club so far because of persistent injury problems and Dembele will be hoping the demonstrate his world-class ability with a consistent run of games for the remainder of the season.
The Spanish giants have made a mediocre start to the season and Ronald Koeman was shown the door as a result of that. Barcelona are currently 9th in the league table, 11 points adrift of the league leaders.
Xavi Hernandez has done an outstanding job with the Saudi Arabian outfit Al Sadd and it will be interesting to see if he can succeed as a manager in the Spanish league now.
The former Barcelona star knows the club well and he is likely to be able to relate to the fans.
Furthermore, he has the experience of playing in La Liga as a player and he will know all about the demands and challenges his side could face in the division.
