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Barcelona forward Dembele tests negative for coronavirus and aims to make Champions League return

Ousmane Dembele has tested negative for Covid-19 and is now targeting a return to action to coincide with the possible return of the Champions League in August.

The Frenchman had been the only Barca player not to undergo a coronavirus test ahead of the first-team squad's return to training, given the circumstances around his hamstring injury that had initially appeared to bring an end to his hopes of playing again in the 2019-20 season.

However Goal can confirm that, with Dembele now having taken a coronavirus test on Monday, the result has come back negative and that he is buoyed by the prospect of potentially being able to play again in the current campaign.