Barcelona have completed a deal to sign Borussia Dortmund forward Ousmane Dembele for an initial £96.8m fee, potentially rising to £135.5m.
The 20-year-old France international signed a five-year contract at the Nou Camp alongside the club’s president Josep Maria Bartomeu on Monday.
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The deal is the second most expensive of all time, eclipsed only by Neymar’s recent £200m move to Paris St-Germain.
Barca said Dembele’s contract has a release clause of 400m euros (£369.6m).
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Dembele said: “I’m very happy to be here. It has always been my dream to be at Barcelona and now I’m here I ‘m very happy to have achieved my dream.
“It is the best club in the world with the best players in the world.”
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