Barca target Dembele in hot water at Dortmund

Coveted youngster suspended for no-show after club rejects offer

BERLIN - Borussia Dortmund on Thursday said it had rejected an offer from Barcelona for Ousmane Dembele as the wantaway forward was suspended for missing training.

Dortmund said a move by Dembele to Camp Nou, where he is being lined up as a replacement for Neymar, was unlikely, after it turned down an offer that did not reflect the 20-year-old Frenchman's "extraordinary" value or the current state of the transfer market.