Karim Adeyemi has picked Borussia Dortmund as his next destination but the German club cannot agree a fee with the striker’s club RB Salzburg, according to reports.
The 20-year-old striker has been in excellent form in Austria this season, scoring 14 goals in 17 matches in the country’s top-flight, while he also scored three times to help Salzburg reach the Champions League knockouts for the first time ever.
German wonderkid, Adeyemi, has been strongly linked with a transfer to Signal Iduna Park and a move to Dortmund would allow the young forward to follow in the footsteps of Erling Haaland – who made the same switch at the start of 2020.
And according to Sky Germany, Adeyemi is already settled on a move to Dortmund but the two clubs are far apart on their valuation of the forward.
The report said Salzburg want as much as £33.5million for their star striker – who currently tops the goalscoring charts in the Austrian Bundesliga.
Haaland made the move from Salzburg to Dortmund for £20m two years ago and has since scored 80 goals in 79 appearances for the Ruhr-land club in that time.
But the Norwegian striker is expected to leave the German club at some point this year, as a £64m release clause in his contract is activated this summer.
Haaland has been linked to some of the top clubs in Europe, including Manchester City, Chelsea, Real Madrid and Barcelona – but his future his far from decided.
Earlier this month, the 21-year-old complained that Dortmund was pressuring him into making a decision, which was distracting him from his football.
‘The last six months I have chosen not to say anything out of respect for Borussia Dortmund,’ Haaland told Norwegian broadcaster Viasat this month. ‘But now the club has started pressing me into making a decision.
‘All I want to do is to play football, but they (Dortmund) are pressing me to make a decision now about my future. So that means I have to make a decision soon.’
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