FC Barcelona have moved decisively in the past 24 hours to accelerate their pursuit of Borussia Dortmund winger Karim Adeyemi, with the club’s second signing of the 2026 summer window now taking concrete shape. The Catalans have already submitted an opening offer to Dortmund, and the belief within the operation is that a deal can be wrapped up before pre-season begins next week.
Barca News Network, citing Sky Germany’s Patrick Berger, reports that Barcelona’s opening proposal was valued at €20m – a figure Dortmund will almost certainly reject. The Bundesliga club believe the 24-year-old is worth €40m, though the feeling is that they will not be able to extract that sum from Barcelona given the player’s contract situation.
The more realistic landing zone, the report suggests, is somewhere around €33m – the fee Dortmund themselves paid RB Salzburg to sign Adeyemi four years ago. The German club would also seek bonuses and a sell-on clause, though their leverage in those demands is limited.
That limited leverage stems directly from Adeyemi’s own position. As Fabrizio Romano has reported, the German international has already agreed personal terms with Barcelona and has informed Dortmund that he will not be extending his current contract. With the player unwilling to commit his future to Dortmund, the club is effectively being forced to sell now rather than risk losing him for nothing, handing Barcelona a clear structural advantage in the negotiations.
Adeyemi is a left-sided forward whose game is built around explosive acceleration, high pressing, and direct ball-carrying from wide areas – precisely the profile Hansi Flick has prioritised in reshaping Barcelona’s attack. Alongside Gordon, the Blaugranes would have two wide forwards capable of sustaining the intense pressing demands Flick places on his front line. The primary source notes that a new striker must also be brought in, a pursuit that continues to run in parallel with the Adeyemi operation – and according to a separate report, finding a new No. 9 remains firmly on the sporting department’s agenda.
Work on that front is ongoing. The primary source notes that Barcelona hope to have Julian Álvarez signed once the 2026 World Cup concludes. The club’s financial situation, as reported separately, has improved following significant salary relief, giving the sporting department room to pursue multiple targets. Both the Adeyemi and Álvarez pursuits are being reported as active operations.
With personal terms already settled and Dortmund aware they are negotiating from a weakened position, the outstanding question is how quickly the two clubs can close the gap between Barcelona’s €20m opening bid and the German side’s expectations. The Blaugranes’ pre-season timeline adds further urgency to a deal that already has most of its moving parts in place.
