Ousmane Dembele
Ousmane Dembele

Barcelona sign Ousmane Dembele from Borussia Dortmund for £96.8m


Ousmane Dembele has joined Barcelona from Borussia Dortmund on a five-year contract, the LaLiga club have announced.

The Catalan giants signed the highly-rated France international for 105million Euros (£96.8million) - the second highest transfer fee of all time behind Neymar, who switched Barca for Paris St Germain earlier this summer for £200.6million.

Barcelona said in a statement on their official website: "FC Barcelona and Borussia Dortmund have reached an agreement for the transfer of Ousmane Dembele for 105 million euros plus add-ons. The player will sign a five year contract and his buy out-clause is set at 400 million euros."

Dortmund revealed Dembele's fee could rise to 147million euros (£135.5million) with a possible 42million euros due in additional bonus payments.

The German club said on their official website: "The payment of add-ons was agreed up to a maximum total amount of approximately 40 per cent of the fixed transfer fee."

The 20-year-old is due to arrive in Barcelona on Sunday and will undergo a medical on Monday morning.

Ten Most Expensive Transfers

1. Neymar, Barcelona to Paris St Germain, 2017, £200.6m

2. Ousmane Dembele, Borussia Dortmund to Barcelona, 2017, £96.8m

3. Paul Pogba, Juventus to Manchester United, 2016, £89m

4. Gareth Bale, Tottenham to Real Madrid, 2013, £85.3m

5. Cristiano Ronaldo, Manchester United to Real Madrid, 2009, £80m

6. Gonzalo Higuain, Napoli to Juventus, 2016, £75.3m

7. Romelu Lukaku, Everton to Manchester United, 2017, £75m

8. Luis Suarez, Liverpool to Barcelona, 2014, £65m

9. James Rodriguez, Monaco to Real Madrid, 2014, £63m

10. Oscar, Chelsea to Shanghai SIPG, 2017, £60m

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