Ousmane Dembele not a desperate signing by Barcelona despite price tag

Shaka Hislop says Ousmane Dembele ticks a lot of boxes for Barcelona, but maintains they have bigger needs to address. Two years ago, Ousmane Dembele was still two weeks shy of making his full debut for Rennes. Two years and two transfers later, he's the second most expensive football player in the world. =K Benvingut @Dembouz!=K ¡Bienvenido Dembélé!=K Welcome Dembélé!=K Bienvenue Dembélé!=5=4 #BeBarça http://pic.twitter.com/gTl0YXCEd6— FC Barcelona (@FCBarcelona) 25 August 2017 Barcelona have used the €222 million they received from Paris Saint-Germain from Neymar -- the world's most expensive footballer -- to make Dembele their club-record signing at a fee which could rise as high as €145m, almost doubling the €80m they gave Liverpool for Luis Suarez in 2014. Dembele's...