Chelsea and Manchester United Make a €82 million Bid For French Superstar

One of the most promising of France’s burgeoning treasure-horde of young talents is now a wanted man for the Top clubs in Europe. Chelsea and Manchester United are favorites to sign the Dortmund sensational Ousmane Dembele. The French wonderkid has already made breakthrough for the senior National Team and looks set to be a part of France Football team at 2018 World Cup. 

Barcelona have been behind Ousmane Dembele all summer ever since the Frenchman started tearing it up in the Bundesliga but the Express claims that both Chelsea and Manchester United have stepped in to the game after the youngster reportedly snubbed Barca’s advances.

The Catalans had initially bid €40 million for the flying winger/wide forward and had been reportedly ready to up it to €75 million, but it seems it would take a mite more than that as both Chelsea and Manchester United have gone up to the €80 – €82 million range for Dembele.

Dembele is one of the hottest properties in world football at the moment and has been ever since he burst on to the global scene with Rennes in the 2015-16 season. He had developed his games in the youth teams at Madeleine Évreux,  Évreux and Rennes before moving on to the latter’s first team aged just 19. Despite having played only 29 games at the senior level, he was snapped up by Dortmund last season for whom he made 49 appearances scoring 10 goals.

Dembele’s snub of Barcelona has opened the eyes of the two Premier League giants to the possibility of signing one of world football’s hottest talents and with both returning to Champions League football after a brief break, and with desperate to show they still belong with the elite of Europe, they’ll seize at the chance to get Dembele.