Real Madrid to beat Barcelona and Manchester City to top transfer target, Chelsea to join Juventus in race for Manchester United superstar and more: Transfer Round-up, November 21 2018

By Shambhu Ajith

Modified Nov 21, 2018 14:48 GMT

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Liverpool not keen to meet Barcelona's valuation of Ousmane Dembele

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Barcelona are reportedly quite confident of cashing in on Ousmane Dembele. However, the latest report from the Mirror suggests that Jurgen Klopp has been put off by the Cules' £100 million valuation of the asset they acquired from Borussia Dortmund in the summer of 2017.

Dembele has shown his quality only sporadically and has had quite a few run-ins with the club management due to his apparent lack of discipline. As a result, Barcelona are hoping to cash in when they can still salvage close to what they paid for him in the first place.

Barcelona putting the £100 million price tag on Dembele certainly has something to do with the fact that Liverpool haven't shied away from splashing the cash in the market. However, it now looks like Liverpool would rather look at their other targets than spend a ridiculous sum of money on a player who seems to have disciplinary issues.

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Shambhu is a European and international football journalist at Sportskeeda who focuses on previews, listicles and news articles. An ardent Manchester United supporter since before his teenage years, he started following the Red Devils by age 10 watching MUTV on television. Shambhu is also a highly-revered rapper and a playback singer on Spotify, having a whopping 1 million monthly listeners.

For his articles, Shambhu believes in triple-checking every piece of information, relying on trusted websites like Transfermarkt and Opta, and staying away from speculative publications. He believes that his law degree helped him to be more articulate and meticulous with his content and one of his core strengths is seamlessly involving emotion in his write-ups owing to the love for the sport. For Sportskeeda, has done exclusive interviews with Spanish legends Gaizka Mendieta and Fernando Morientes so far, and his articles boast of a huge readership of close to 50 million.

Shambhu's favorite footballer is Lionel Messi, and the Argentine attaining glory in 2022 is his favorite FIFA World Cup moment. He believes only Kylian Mbappe and Erling Haaland could replicate Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo's rivalry in the years to come. His favorite manager is Sir Alex Ferguson due to the Scot's unmatched longevity at the top.

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