Dembele, who joined from Borussia Dortmund in 2017 in a deal worth 140 million euros ($158.Nine million), might be capable of leave without spending a dime while his agreement expires in the summer season.
Barca were desperate to keep away from that occurring and with debts of over a billion euros, ought to as a minimum pocket a fee for the 24-year-old if he is offered inside the modern-day transfer window.
"With Ousmane and his agent we commenced conversations around July so it's been six months and a bit," Alemany stated on Thursday.
"We've talked, we've got talked, we have talked. Barca has made special gives.
"We've tried to find a manner for the player to continue with us but these offers were systematically rejected by using his retailers and these days, January 20, 11 days before the last length of his agreement ends, it seems apparent to us that the player does not want to preserve at Barcelona and he isn't always committed to Barca's future undertaking.
"In this situation he and his sellers were informed that he must leave without delay because we want players committed to this venture and therefore we are hoping that a transfer will take place before January 31."
Dembele has been disregarded of Xavi Hernandez's squad to stand Athletic Bilbao in the Copa del Rey closing sixteen on Thursday night.
"The carrying consequence of all this, as agreed by using our teach, is that we do no longer need to have gamers who aren't devoted to the undertaking and who do now not need to be at Barca," Alemany stated.
"The club is glaringly not the one that need to determine this, it's miles the coach, and he has determined it.
"But he has all our aid and we apprehend it perfectly. It seems to us truely the precise method."
