Borussia Dortmund winger Ousmane Dembele has welcomed ongoing talk suggesting that he could replace Neymar at Barcelona.
With the Brazilian forward having completed a record-breaking €222 million move to Paris Saint-Germain, those left behind at Camp Nou are now in the market for cover.
Various names have been offered up as potential targets, including Liverpool’s Philippe Coutinho and Chelsea’s Eden Hazard.
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France international Dembele is another of those to have generated plenty of transfer gossip, and the highly-rated 20-year-old is ruling nothing out at this stage.
"[Barcelona] is a great club and all players would like to play at a club like that," he told Gol.
"It is a pleasure to be able to see your name on the list of players who Barcelona want.
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"We'll be calm and see what happens."
Dembele has previously said that the speculation “doesn’t interest” him, with there no desire on his part to push for a move.
He is, however, clearly flattered by the rumours and knows that Barca now have the funds at their disposal to make a move happen.
That will be of concern to Dortmund boss Peter Bosz, who recently claimed that he was “not worrying about Dembele going to Barcelona”.
Dembele penned a five-year contract at Dortmund upon his arrival in the summer of 2016, so is tied to the Bundesliga club until 2021.
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