Ousmane Dembélé was almost on the brink of leaving Barcelona in January 2022.
However, 10 months later, he is one of the best performers at the Catalan club.
Dembélé, still only 25 years old, signed an extension with Barcelona in the summer after being convinced by Xavi’s project.
The visualisation below shows where Ousmane Dembélé ranks for some of the key attacking metrics in the season so far.
Dembélé has the second-most goals and the most assists at Barcelona this year.
It is fair to say he is on track to have his best season at Barcelona if he continues his current form.
The forward has shown to be an able creator when played from the right side of the front three.
Ranking 97th percentile for assists per 90 minutes — only one player has more assists than Ousmane Dembélé this season in La Liga.
The 25-year-old French international’s biggest strength is his dribbling, ranking in the 94th percentile for dribbles per 90 minutes when compared with other forwards from Europe’s top 5 leagues.
Ousmane Dembélé’s transfer to Barcelona in 2017 was one of the most talked-about transfers then, but the Frenchman’s career has taken a downward trajectory since.
Dembélé, however, has shown promise whenever he has been on the pitch all these years.
Frequent injuries have derailed his Barcelona career so far.
He is once showing again all the signs of the player he was at Dortmund when Barcelona decided to sign him.
On current form, Ousmane Dembélé could become one of the key players if Barcelona are to win the title back from Real Madrid.
