Mateu Alemany is reportedly keen to secure Ousmane Dembele’s future before he departs Barcelona in the summer.
The sporting director is expected to join Aston Villa at the end of the season after calling time on his Camp Nou career.
Diario Sport are reporting that before then, Alemany will seek to extend Dembele’s contract which currently expires in 2024.
The plan is to offer a slightly improved but short-term deal, to fit in with the club’s tight salary limit, and including another lowish release clause.
Barca don’t want Dembele to go into the final year of his contract and hope to get everything signed, sealed and delivered by the end of June.