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title: "Manchester City: Fans fume at links with £80.2m-rated Ousmane Dembele"
canonical: "https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/manchester-city-fans-fume-at-links-with-80-2-rated-ousmane-dembele/"
type: "post"
language: "en-GB"
author: "Emilio Galantini"
section: "Manchester City Football Club"
published: "2019-12-05T16:55:18Z"
modified: "2019-12-05T16:55:18Z"
---

# Manchester City: Fans fume at links with £80.2m-rated Ousmane Dembele

**After suffering several injuries for Barcelona since his arrival from Borussia Dortmund back in 2017, including a recent thigh injury which [will see him miss 10 weeks](https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/50606908), some Manchester City supporters are fuming to be linked with Ousmane Dembele in an apparent £80.2m bid.**

According to [El Desmarque](https://eldesmarque.com/barcelona/fc-barcelona/noticias/147189-atencion-a-dembele-pillado-haciendo-esto-el-barca-patas-arriba-ed) \[[via Sport Witness](https://sportwitness.co.uk/barcelona-forwards-agent-meets-manchester-city-proposed-deal-make-club-think-selling/)\], [as tweeted by City Chief](https://twitter.com/city_chief/status/1202240980541493249?s=21), the Sky Blues have reportedly met with Dembele’s agent and are ‘open’ to paying a sum of around £80.2m in order to bring the youngster to the Etihad in time for next season.

Despite seemingly gathering crucial form in stages last campaign, scoring [eight goals and assisting five others in 20 starts](https://www.whoscored.com/Players/299513/History/Ousmane-Demb%C3%A9l%C3%A9) for the Catalans, some City supporters are definitely not convinced due to his [torrid injury record](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/ousmane-dembele/verletzungen/spieler/288230) over the past two seasons.

Pep Guardiola’s side have suffered a mountain of injuries themselves so far this campaign, with Aymeric Laporte, Leroy Sane, Sergio Aguero, Ederson, Rodri and Oleksandr Zinchenko all [requiring treatment at some stage](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/manchester-city/sperrenundverletzungen/verein/281).

As a result, these Manchester City supporters have fumed over the prospect of spending big to bring in someone who has had a turbulent past record with fitness.

Here’s what they had to say on Twitter.

> Mendy 2.0
>
> — Big\_Ben (@Big\_BEN\_001) [December 4, 2019](https://twitter.com/Big_BEN_001/status/1202242102022852608?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

> No no no , keep that injury prone mess
>
> — Yikes (@BuhleQavile) [December 4, 2019](https://twitter.com/BuhleQavile/status/1202241190579625985?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

> Don’t get that injury prone mess anywhere near my club
>
> — TOBI™ (@yugee\_bro) [December 4, 2019](https://twitter.com/yugee_bro/status/1202241563788808192?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

> Injury prone player, that’s exactly what Man City needs
>
> — cityzen (@vuveeh) [December 4, 2019](https://twitter.com/vuveeh/status/1202244051258396677?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

> After that miss to go 4-0 up against Liverpool, no thanks.
>
> — MCFC FanView (@MCFCFanView) [December 4, 2019](https://twitter.com/MCFCFanView/status/1202244534400405504?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

> Dembele [pic.twitter.com/nY5Hl4PVnW](https://t.co/nY5Hl4PVnW)
>
> — Codeine Crazy 🥶 (@IssaWomo) [December 4, 2019](https://twitter.com/IssaWomo/status/1202241335614423046?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

***Man City fans, would you like to see Dembele at the Etihad? Comment below with your views!***