Barcelona confirm signing of Karim Adeyemi from Borussia Dortmund on five-year deal

[p]The deal is now official: [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/adeyemi-karim/GvIzwgo8/"]Karim Adeyemi[/a] is joining [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/barcelona/SKbpVP5K/"]FC Barcelona[/a]. The 24-year-old has signed a contract with the Catalans until 2031, and according to media reports, his salary will be six million euros per year – net.[/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/dortmund/nP1i5US1/"]Borussia Dortmund[/a] will receive a transfer fee of 22 million euros, which could rise to 31 million euros with bonuses. BVB is also set to benefit from any potential future sale.[/p][embed guid="748d95f4-8e36-414d-8050-db73a59be5da" url="https://x.com/FCBarcelona/status/2080239142621909424?s=20" social-type="twitter" /][p]"[b]Karim has been an important part of Borussia Dortmund over the past four years[/b]," said Dortmund’s sporting CEO Lars Ricken.[/p][p]"[b]When Karim approached us with his wish to move to FC Barcelona, we agreed to it after weighing all the interests of Borussia Dortmund[/b]."[/p][p]The versatile forward is Barca's second signing after they splashed out on England international [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/gordon-anthony/EFo95m2P/"]Anthony Gordon[/a] from Newcastle.[/p][image alt="Adeyemi's recent stats" id="7bf5301e-5af1-4920-8152-538a08d34f9a" credit-line="Flashscore" guid="7b8d6301-8b3a-49cd-a7f0-299899c69ee6" original-width="1200" original-height="1200" /][p]Barca coach Hansi Flick gave Adeyemi his debut for the German national team in 2021.[/p][p]The attacker joined Dortmund in 2022 from [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/salzburg/Olvehxrl/"]Red Bull Salzburg[/a], netting 36 goals in 146 games across all competitions during four seasons before his Barca switch.[/p]