Borussia Dortmund fire Barcelona warning over Ousmane Dembele with deadline for mega deal approaching
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Borussia Dortmund have announced a deadline for Barcelona to sign French star Ousmane Dembele as a replacement for Neymar.
The Blaugrana must pay upwards of €100m for the 20-year-old, who has been suspended until further notice after failing to report for training.
The club's CEO Hans-Joachim Watzke has spoken about a deadline before Dembele's possible transfer will be completely ruled out.
"The time on the horizon is enough for two more games," Watzke told Kicker.
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Dortmund confirmed last week that they have rejected a bid from Barca for the French teenager and director of football Michael Zorc has offered an update concerning the player's future.
"Our focus now is on concentrating our team preparation for the Bundesliga opening match versus Wolfsburg this coming weekend," said Zorc.
"Ousmane Dembélé, of course, has the opportunity to do an individual training off the track."
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Reports in Germany suggested that Dembele planned to fly to Spain but the player is now back in Dortmund.
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.
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."