Borussia Dortmund 'accept' Barcelona's €100million bid for Ousmane Dembele
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Borussia Dortmund have 'accepted' Barcelona's €100million bid for wantaway midfielder Ousmane Dembele - but there's a catch.
The Blaugrana are desperate to replace Neymar following the Brazilian's world record switch to Paris Saint-Germain.
Alongside Liverpool's Philippe Coutinho, 20-year-old Dembele has been identified as Ernesto Valverde's top target.
After previously turning down an offer for the French starlet, It appears Dortmund have finally given in and accepted a bid, according to Sport. But the Spanish news outlet report there's a catch.
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The Bundesliga side are asking for an extra €30m 'subject to the player's performances'. Barcelona could therefore end up paying more for the amount of games Demebele plays, goals he scores and titles/cups he wins.
Dortmund suspended Dembele 'until further notice' after the midfielder went AWOL from Dortmund training.
It comes after the Bundesliga side confirmed they had held talks with Barca over the player but the bid received was nowhere near their valuation.
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A statement read: "Borussia Dortmund has held talks with the Catalan football club FC Barcelona regarding the possible transfer of the BVB player Ousmane Dembele to FC Barcelona.
"During this meeting, the representatives of FC Barcelona submitted a bid which did not match the player's extraordinary footballing ability or value to the club, nor the present economic market situation of the European transfer market. BVB therefore rejected this offer.
"As there is no other offer from FC Barcelona to date, there is currently no transfer of the player to FC Barcelona and this is not currently likely."