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Watze: Barcelona “dizzy” from Madrid’s defeat to claim they are close to signing Dembele

Borussia Dortmund CEO Hans-Joachim Watzke has denied claims Ousmane Dembele is close to joining Barcelona saying the Catalan giants are “dizzy”.

In the wake of theirĀ 2-0 defeat to Real Madrid at the Santiago Bernabeu, which saw the capital club complete a 5-1 aggregate win in the Supercopa de Espana, Barca general managerĀ Pep Segura said they are close clinching deals for Dembele and Liverpool forward Philippe Coutinho.

However, Watzke has been quick to dismiss those suggestions, telling Kicker: “Barcelona has not moved a millimetreĀ closer to finishing the Dembele transfer.

“What he [Segura]Ā talks about, I cannot explain. Only explanation isĀ that Real Madrid made Barcelona dizzy during the Supercup matches.”

Barca on Thursday completed the signing of Paulinho from Guangzhou Evergrande Taboao, while Dembele and Coutinho have been identified as targets following Neymar’s world-record move to Paris Saint-Germain.

Dortmund turned down an offer reported to be in the region of ā‚¬100millionĀ from Barca last Thursday, with Dembele then suspendedĀ for missing training.

The France international is not under consideration for selection for Dortmund’s Bundesliga opener atĀ Wolfsburg on Saturday.

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