Barcelona have agreed a deal to sign Borussia
Dortmund forward Ousmane Dembele for a fee
that could rise to 147m euros (£135.5m),
making him the world’s second most
expensive player.
Barca will pay an initial 105m euros (£96.8m)
for the France international, 20, who has
agreed a five-year contract and will undergo a
medical on Monday.
The deal is eclipsed only by Neymar’s recent
£200m move to Paris St-Germain.
Barca revealed that his deal will contain a
release clause of 400m euros. Dembele has
not featured for Dortmund since the German
Super Cup on 5 August. The German side
rejected a bid from Barca for the forward
earlier in August, with the player then
suspended for missing training.
Dortmund said they rejected Barca’s approach
because their offer “did not correspond to the
extraordinary footballing and additional value
of the player and the present economic
situation of the European transfer market”.
With regard to the fee now agreed, Dortmund
said in a statement that the payment of add-
ons “was agreed up to a maximum total
amount of approximately 40% of the fixed
transfer fee”.
Source: vanguardngr
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