Barcelona: Ousmane Dembele ‘needs a step down’ says pundit
Liverpool are reportedly in talks with Barcelona over a potential loan deal for Ousmane Dembele. The winger joined the Spanish giants from Borussia Dortmund in the summer of 2017 in a deal worth up to £135.5million.
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The claims would suggest Klopp is still intent on adding another forward to his ranks by the time the transfer window closes on October 5.
Liverpool are not the only club to have supposedly enquired about a move for Dembele.
The Daily Record claim United have held progressive talks with Barcelona over a deal.
The proposal is an initial season-long loan but Barcelona will only agree to that if an obligation to buy is included.
Barcelona are looking to offload Ousmane Dembele (Image: GETTY)
Barcelona want to sell him permanently and value him at around £92million.
Club president Josep Maria Bartomeu named Dembele as one of several stars who is not for sale this summer.
He said: "Messi is untouchable & non-transferable. He knows it, we all know it.
"But there are various non-transferable players like (Marc Andre) Ter Stegen, (Clement) Lenglet, (Nelson) Semedo, (Frenkie) De Jong, (Antoine) Griezmann, (Ousmane) Dembele... players we are counting on in the future."
Semedo is now set to join Wolves, from that list, which suggests Barcelona's financial crisis is more serious than first feared.