Atletico Madrid Loan with an option to buy
Atletico Madrid officially announced Moussa Dembelesigning on loan from Lyon until the end of the 2020/21 campaign.
The Frenchman joins Los Rojiblancos to fill the void left by Diego Costa who for personal reasons asked to leave the club.
Lyon will receive 1.5 million euros and Dembele‘s call option is set to 33.5 million euros but can increase to 38.5 million euros if different incentives are met.
In the event that Atletico make the deal permanent, the LaLiga Santander club will owe ten per cent of all future sales to Lyon.
Develop at Paris Saint-GermainDembele’s academy has played for all of France’s youth team, but has yet to make its debut with Les Blues.
A broken arm injury he suffered in December last year forced him to miss two Ligue 1 matches as he has yet to recover from the blow.
The Frenchman has scored one goal in 16 Ligue 2 games this season, but struggled to rediscover his form after standing out in the 2019/20 season when he got a prop to help Lyon out. wis. Manchester City in the Champions League.
Dembele, who scored 24 goals in all competitions last season, arrived in Madrid via Valladolid on Tuesday.
After undergoing medical exams, he will meet his new teammates and coaching team on Friday, as the team has a day off on Thursday.