Borussia Dortmund join race for Barcelona defender Jean-Clair Todibo

Jean-Clair Todibo joined Barcelona in January 2019 from Toulouse. The 20-year-old centre-back was deemed to be a future prospect.

He was sent out on loan to Schalke in the second half of last season. He made 10 appearances in all competitions and has now returned to Barcelona.

But sadly, Todibo isn’t in the plans of new Barcelona manager Ronald Koeman. He has chosen Pique and Lenglet as his first choice centre-backs with Araujo and Ramos Mingo as back up. Eric Garcia is also rumoured to be on his way to Barcelona. So, Koeman wouldn’t be able to give the young France international enough game time.

Premier League side Fulham are interested in signing the young defender and are willing to pay as much as €18m.

Todibo will be surely going out of Camp Nou this summer. As the transfer deadline day approaches, he is now evaluating his options carefully.

According to ‘RAC 1’, Borussia Dortmund is the latest team to join the bid for Todibo, They have seen him play in the Bundeslga for Schalke last season. Dortmund is probably the best club in Europe for nurturing young talents.

It now remains to be seen whether Todibo would go to a low-ranked Premier League club or to a club who regularly plays in the Champions League and has one of the best young teams in Europe.

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