The signing of Ousmane Dembélé by FC Barcelona is increasingly close to becoming a reality. As Mundo Deportivo has learned, in the last few hours the positions between the club and Borussia Dortmund have come closer, knowing the French striker's desire to fulfill his dream of playing at the Camp Nou. If nothing is wrong, the total agreement can be a fact sooner rather than later.
Borussia's technical secretary Michael Zorc admitted on Saturday that his club is open to letting go of Dembélé although with certain premises and reaching the requirements of the German entity, which aims to reach a total of 130 million euros including variables. As MD has been reporting, as for the fixed amount there was a principle of agreement that was around 100 million euros and now it is finished polishing the concepts for the remaining 30 in variables.
From the club azulgrana continues working with discretion and without wanting to provide details of the negotiations so as not to hinder the hiring of a priority objective of Barça since Neymar left for Paris Saint Germain. Dembélé is an old object of desire of Robert Fernandez, technical secretary Barca, who is in love with his talent, imbalance and polyvalence.
Hans-Joachim Watzke, general manager of Borussia Dortmund, already acknowledged Sunday that Dembélé only thinks about playing for Barça. "He's a 20-year-old boy, not mature. But this would not do it for another team in the world. Barça is very special for him. He already told us that he would like to go to Barca at the time but he knew that with Neymar, Suarez and Messi it would be difficult. We told him we accepted but not only after a year, "he said. It is worth remembering that Dembélé arrived in Borussia last summer from Rennes.