Officially Join PSG From Barcelona, Ousmane Dembele: I Hope To Continue To Grow

The new Paris Saint-Germain player, Ousmane Dembele. (Photo: Twitter/@PSG_Inside)

JAKARTA - Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) officially brought Ousmane Dembele from Barcelona. The French player was tied to a five-year contract.

Barcelona agreed to sell Dembele to PSG for a transfer value of 50.4 million euros (around Rp846 billion).

"We are delighted to welcome Ousmane Dembele to Paris St Germain, who will become an important and committed player at our club," PSG President Nasser Al-Khelaifi was quoted as saying by AFP.

"We are proud to be able to bring a French player who won the World Cup to Paris St Germain as we enter a great era for our club," he continued.

Dembele said he was happy to be joining his new club. The former Borussia Dortmund player hopes to continue to develop his career at PSG.

"I am delighted to be joining Paris St Germain and can't wait to play with my new club," Dembele said on PSG's official website, as reported by Antara.

"I hope to continue to develop here," he continued.

Dembele started his professional career at French club Stade Rennais in the 2015'16 season before moving to Bundesliga club Borussia Dortmund.

His performance at Dortmund made Dembele brought Barcelona for 105 million euros in 2017. Since then Dembele has made 257 appearances and scored 60 goals in all competitions, he has also won three La Liga trophies and two Spanish Cups with the Catalan club.

At the international level, Dembele has performed 37 times with the French national team and is part of Didier Deschamp's squad who won the World Cup in 2018.

Dembele became PSG's seventh new player in the transfer market this summer after the club signed Marco Asensio, Milan Skriniar, Lee Kang-in, Hugo Ekitike, Lucas Hernandez and Manuel Ugarte.

PSG are not expected to immediately field Dembele in their opening Ligue1 2023/24 season against Lorient at the Parc des Princes on Sunday, August 13, early morning WIB.