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'Dembele is a bandit!' - Ex-Dortmund scout Mislintat defends Barcelona winger's 'successful' transfer

Former Borussia Dortmund and Arsenal scout Sven Mislintat has backed Barcelona’s out-of-sorts winger Ousmane Dembele, as the Frenchman struggles to make an impression at Camp Nou.

Dembele, now 22, spent one season in the Bundesliga in 2016-17, and scored in the final that year as Dortmund won the DFB-Pokal.

Signed from Rennes before being sold onto Barcelona in a move the player helped to force through after going on strike, Dembele netted Dortmund a profit of over €100 million (£88m/$112m) – but question marks over his character have followed him ever since.