Dembele is Barcelona's most expensive buy

Posted Friday, August 25, 2017 by Marca.com

He has the privilege of being the first Barcelona player to cost over 100 million euros, and Ousmane Dembele has therefore become their most expensive signing in history.

At only 20 years of age, the youngster is going to be a big star.

He also becomes the second most expensive signing in the history of football after the 222m paid by PSG to sign Neymar.

With variables factored in, the player could end up costing 150m euros (105m fixed plus 45m in variables).

A year ago, Dortmund paid just 15 million to Rennes for Dembele and so have multiplied his value by ten this summer.

Barcelona's top five most expensive signings:

1. Dembele (150 million) from Dortmund. He will sign for five seasons and will become the most expensive signing in Blaugrana history.

2. Neymar (97 million) from Santos. He signed for Barca for 57 million according to the club but his price kept growing and growing until it halted at just under 100m euros.

3. Luis Suarez (81 million) from Liverpool. A dream fulfilled for the Uruguayan striker, who came to form MSN.

4. Ibrahimovic (69 million) from Inter. He was a star signing but his stay was limited to a year because of his differences with Guardiola.

5. Villa (40 million) from Valencia. The Asturian is the most expensive signing of a Spanish footballer for Barcelona. Paulinho also cost the same price.