The Brazilian’s exit to Paris Saint-Germain shocked Barça and they made three failed attempts to sign Philippe Coutinho at the same time as trying to prise Dembélé away from Dortmund. Liverpool have so far refused to budge but Dortmund agreed to Dembélé’s transfer once Barcelona had come close to matching their asking price. Dembélé’s relationship with the club and fans suffered this summer when he went awol after Barcelona made their interest clear. Dortmund fined Dembélé and suspended him on 10 August and he was not reintegrated into the first-team squad. Dortmund, however, are likely to add to their squad before the end of the transfer window with Lyon’s Brazilian Malcolm among their top targets.

Source: The Guardian August 25, 2017 15:25 UTC