Dembélé's low blow to France national team, 2 alternatives for Barça to replace him

Ousmane Dembélé has declared after his injury on France's last game against Austria. The FC Barcelona right winger has had a very good season start and is a regular player under Xavi's wing, but things are not always going his way lately. 

In this international call, FC Barcelona has already lost five players of their A team and are looking to correctly organize their team to face the upcoming matches and what's more important, the most influential match they have in the season, ‘El Clásico’ against Real Madrid.

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Dembélé has been one of the most criticized players in Barcelona's squad. He's been on the team for 6 years now and he recently stated that he ‘wasted 5 years’ of his time at Barcelona by injuries and wrong choices. 

Dembélé's injury has been bothering him since Barça's match with Bayern in the UEFA Champions league. This is why Xavi has been keeping a close eye on the French international and he's not been playing him from the start in most of these games. 

Xavi's relief is not yet complete

Although Dembélé has decided to withdraw from the match against Denmark for precaution, he's not out of danger yet. That's why Xavi's alternatives must be at hand and cannot be injured whatsoever. His team doesn't have much to replace Dembélé, his options are amongst Ferrán Torres, Raphinha, Ansu Fati and if needed, Sergi Roberto. However, none of these players, except for Raphinha are a natural replacement for the frenchman.