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Barcelona sign Ousmane Dembélé from Borussia Dortmund for initial £97m

Barcelona have announced the signing of Ousmane Dembélé from Borussia Dortmund for an initial €105m (£97m), plus a potential €42m (£38m) in add-ons. The 20-year-old forward has agreed a five-year contract with a €400m buyout clause, and will wear the No11 shirt vacated by Neymar.

Dembélé will arrive in Barcelona on Sunday, before undergoing a medical on Monday morning and being officially presented to fans at the Camp Nou.
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The France international was quickly understood to be one of the club’s top priorities following the forced sale of Neymar to Paris Saint-Germain, and after Liverpool rejected several major bids from Barcelona for Philippe Coutinho, Barça moved to clinch Dembélé.

The young Frenchman came through the ranks at Rennes before moving to Dortmund last summer for £13.5m. He scored six goals and picked up 13 assists in his one season playing in the Bundesliga.

The transfer was confirmed on Barcelona’s website, which said of Dembélé: “He can play on either wing in attack and is known for his great dribbling (last season he carried 103 successful dribbles, more than anyone else in the Bundesliga)… Without doubt he is hugely talented player, one of the best on the continent.”

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