Assisting a goal in Rennes’ 2-2 draw with Lyon on Sunday, Ousmane Dembélé just continued to prove his worth.

The 18-year-old Frenchman was close to a move to Manchester City last summer before staying at Rennes, but it looks like he’ll leave the club soon as European giants swarm for his signature.

Arsenal are just one of the clubs to have been watching him closely, but face stiff competition and will have to pay a lot for him if France Football are to be believed.

On Monday, they are reporting that Barcelona have had a €35m (£28m) bid for the teenager rejected. With a contract running for just two more years and clubs like Manchester City and Bayern Munich also interested, Rennes will hope to start a bidding war this summer to drive Dembélé’s price as high as possible.

A huge talent with incredible acceleration and superb dribbling ability, the forward has nine goals and five assists in Ligue 1 this season, impressing everyone as Rennes have climbed the table to fifth.

Unfortunately for Arsenal, there’s no way we could compete with the other clubs interested in player if he does more or less go to auction. We have a lot of money, but they have more.

I guess we’re in for a decade of Arsène Wenger telling us how he could’ve signed the guy who is scoring goals for someone else.