Barcelona News – Ivan Rakitic: Give Ousmane Dembele time

As understood by Goal earlier this week, wing Young Barcelona's Ousmane Dembele is believed to have asked the club's management to release him tomorrow in the transfer window.

The minimal playing time and the pressure considered too important were considered as the main factor of Dembele's reluctance to continue his career at Camp Nou.

In response to this news, Barca's main midfielder, Ivan Rakitic, felt that Dembele thought everything would be more mature. He also asked the media and the public to reduce the pressure on the 21-year-old.

"It's not easy to come to the biggest club in the world and you have to endure a lot of pressure every day," Rakitic told reporters. Goal and Svaricella who works with DAZN.

"You have to give Dembele time, he has an extraordinary quality and I'm sure he's taking a big step right now in his career." You have to close your eyes. [sejenak] for these players, allowing him to make some mistakes.

"It is possible to behave in this way for the players who will have a good career in front of them," added the Croatian international.

This season, Dembele has collected only 990 minutes of play for Barca in all competitions, with seven goals and two badists.