Borussia Dortmund reject Barcelona bid for Dembele

Borussia Dortmund have confirmed that they have rejected an offer from Barcelona for Ousmane Dembele.

Borussia Dortmund has held a meeting with the catalan football club FC Barcelona about a possible transfer of BVB player Ousmane Dembélé to FC Barcelona.

In this meeting, the representatives of FC Barcelona have submitted a bid which, however, did not correspond to the player's extraordinary footballing value and status as well as to the current econonomic market situation of the European transfer market. BVB therefore rejected this offer.

As there is no other offer from FC Barcelona to date, a transfer of the player to FC Barcelona is at present not more than likely.

The 20-year-old skipped training on Thursday amid reports he has agreed to join the Catalan side, but their bid has been knocked back.

Barca have been linked with a move for the 20-year-old winger, with some reports stating he has already agreed to join them.

On Thursday, Dortmund boss Peter Bosz revealed Dembele missed training and that the club could not contact him.

Shortly afterwards, an announcement was released revealing that negotiations had taken place, but a deal is "not currently likely".

The Bundesliga club have insisted it will take a bid of over €100 million to sign the France international, who has scored 10 goals in 50 games for the club since joining from Rennes for €15m July in 2016.

Dembele enjoyed an excellent first season at Dortmund after joining from Rennes. The France international, who can play on either wing or as an attacking midfielder, created 63 chances in Ligue 1, while he was successful with 68% of the take-ons that he attempted.

Barcelona have also had an offer of €100 million (£90.31 million) rejected for Liverpool midfielder Philippe Coutinho.