Seydou Dembele, a highly-rated 18-year-old attacking midfielder from Mali who was on the verge of joining Chelsea, may have changed his mind to finally sign for Barcelona.'Africafoot' reports that the current Jean Marc Guillou Academy de Bamako player will sign for Barca and "the player is expected to arrive in Spain in the coming days to sign his contract with the Catalan club".
Chelsea were willing to pay 1.5 million euros for the young Seydou Dembele, who was also on the radar of Red Bull Salzburg (a team associated with JMG Academy) and Fenerbahce
This is how Seydou Dembele, an 18-year-old, 1.65m tall gem, plays
Seydou Dembele stood out at the U17 World Cup in Qatar with the Mali U17 national team: 2 goals and 4 assists in 5 matches.
"His short stature (1.65m) did not prevent him from shining: he scored two goals and provided four assists. The JMG Academy's No. 10, who is very mobile, has great ease in threading passes behind the defence with his left foot". This is how Alberto Rubio and Rodrigo G. Pascual analysed Seydou Dembele’s U17 World Cup.
During the last U-17 Africa Cup of Nations in Morocco, Seydou Dembele played six matches, scoring two goals and providing one assist
