Ousmane Dembele has been ruled out of the rest of Euro 2020 after suffering an injury while playing for France against Hungary on Saturday afternoon.
The news comes as a real blow to Dembele and France, with the fleet-footed Barcelona forward an important squad player for the world champions. It’s also a real personal disappointment given his history with injuries these past few years.
Ousmane #Dembele has been ruled out for the rest of the #EURO2020 tournament after being taken off injured against Hungary.
— Mohamed Bouhafsi (@mohamedbouhafsi) June 21, 2021
Dembele joined Barcelona from Borussia Dortmund in the summer of 2017 in a big-money deal, with the Frenchman in part expected to fill the void left by Neymar’s departure for Paris Saint-Germain.
It hasn’t worked like that, however. Dembele has only been able to put together small runs in the team since, most notably last season under Ronald Koeman.
![Ousmane Dembele](https://icdn.football-espana.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Ousmane-Dembele-2.jpg)
He’s actually in the midst of a standoff with Barcelona; the club want him to either renew his contract or leave the club this summer, so as to avoid the possibility of him departing on a free transfer next summer when his contract comes to an end.
France opened their Euro 2020 campaign with a 1-0 victory over Germany before drawing 1-1 with Hungary on Saturday. Their final group game is against Portugal this Wednesday evening.