Barcelona have given up on trying to secure Ousmane Dembele to a new contract.

Fed-up with the negotiating tactics of Dembele and his agent Moussa Sissoko, Sport says Barca have dropped plans of trying to convince the attacker to stay.

Given their financial limits, Barca know they cannot compete with rivals Chelsea and PSG.

As such, there's an acceptance that Dembele will leave when his contract expires at the end of the month.

Chelsea are now regarded as favourites for Dembele, where he would be reunited with his former Borussia Dortmund coach Thomas Tuchel.