The Catalan club would need to cover Dortmund with a fee of approximately 40 million euro as stipulated in the player's original deal signed with the Bundesliga side.
German daily Die Welt confirm that Barcelona face a major obstacle in any effort to sell Ousmane Dembélé in the forthcoming winter transfer window. The Catalan club paid Borussia Dortmund a fee of 105 million euro for his services in 2017 but issues over the player's behaviour have had many at the club calling for the player to be offloaded.
Target clauses, based on objectives (goals, games played, titles...) in the player's deal which runs through to June 2022 may however raise doubts at Barça over a possible sale with a sale before the 2022 expiry date as any sale of the French international automatically triggering a payment of approximately 40 million euro to Dortmund as if the objectives had been reached.
Premier League sides Liverpool and Arsenal are rumoured to be interested in the 21-year-old and were prepared to offer a fee of 60-65 million euro for the froward. Barcelona are apparently holding out in hoping to command a fee of 80 million euro for the erratic striker.
Dembélé has bagged six goals in the Spanish league this season for Barça but was left out of the last squad call-up as the Catalan giants faced Betis at Camp Nou. Despite ongoing speculation about the player's disciplinary problems, with news of the 40 million payment to Dortmund fee that a sale could command, Ernersto Valverde may have to bit his lip and offer the Frenchman an olive branch.
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sell him and pay 40m .I so much love the deal. valverde should wise up and start giving those youngsters opportunity, u can't expect a player who does not play regularly to come in as sub and expect him to do magic. useless coach Target clauses, based on objectives (goals, games played, titles...) in the player's deal which runs through to June 2022 may however raise doubts at Barça over a possible sale with a sale before the 2022 expiry date as any sale of the French international automatically triggering a payment of approximately 40 million euro to Dortmund as if the objectives had been reached.