Barcelona for France winger Ousmane Dembele, the
Bundelsliga club have confirmed.
Dembele has been touted as a target for Barca
since Neymar completed his world-record
€222million switch to Paris Saint-Germain last
week.
The 20-year-old missed training without
permission on Thursday, with Dortmund head
coach Peter Bosz telling a news conference the
club had been unable to contact Dembele.
Speculation that a move to Barcelona was
imminent soon mounted before BVB issued a
statement saying a bid had been lodged by the
Catalan giants but it did not meet their valuation
for a player they signed from Rennes for €15m last
year.
The 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."
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