Barcelona have affirmed the marking of Ousmane Dembele from Borussia Dortmund for a club record exchange expense. Genuine Madrid were additionally said to be observing the France starlet however the Catalans have won the race for his mark in the wake of consenting to make him the second most costly player in history in an arrangement worth €105m (£96.8m, $125m) in addition to additional items.
Dembele, 20, was vigorously connected with Barcelona the previous summer when the Catalans were searching for an adaptable forward to fill in as move down for the MSN trio of Lionel Messi, Luis Suarez and Neymar.
In any case, the France global chose to join Dortmund from Rennes rather, in the midst of worries that his playing time at the Nou Camp would have been restricted.
Dembele proceeded with his amazing advancement at the Bundesliga side, scoring 10 objectives and snatching 21 aids 49 appearances in his initially season in Germany.
Barcelona chose to restore their advantage this late spring and ventured up their interest following the stun takeoff of Neymar to PSG in a €222m world-record exchange.
Be that as it may, a few distributions, for example, Mundo Deportivo, Onda Cero and L'Equipe revealed not long ago that the Catalans could confront rivalry from Real Madrid after Zinedine Zidane distinguished his comrade as a less expensive contrasting option to Kylian Mbappe.
A few reports proposed that Real Madrid just needed to swell his cost to upset their opponents' exchange designs, yet Onda Cero guaranteed the enthusiasm from Los Blancos was veritable – and that they were notwithstanding utilizing Predrag Mijatovic, who beforehand prompted on exchanges for the club, to win the race on account of his great association with Dembele's specialist Moussa Sissoko.
Munititions stockpile and Manchester United have additionally been quickly connected with the player amid the present summer exchange window yet Barcelona have figured out how to beat them all by separating with a sizeable lump of the cash produced by Neymar's deal to PSG.
"FC Barcelona and Borussia Dortmund have achieved an assention for the exchange of Ousmane Dembélé for €105m in addition to additional items. The player will sign a five year contract and his purchase out-proviso is set at €400m," the La Liga side affirmed through an official articulation.
"Dembélé will land in Barcelona on Sunday and he will experience a medicinal on Monday morning nearby time. In a matter of seconds, more points of interest of the running request of the player's introduction on Monday will be accessible."
While reports in Spain recommend that the last expense could ascend to around €145m with the additional items, the charge is significantly not as much as the one that took Neymar to Paris Saint-Germain yet surpasses the £89m (€96.7m) that Manchester United paid to take Paul Pogba back to Old Trafford the previous summer.
Dembele turns into the club's the fifth marking of the mid year following the landings of Paulinho, Nelson Semedo, Gerard Deulofeu and Marlon Santos.
Presently Barcelona authorities are required to venture up the quest for Liverpool star Philippe Coutinho to finish their late spring upgrade
