Dortmund begins contacts with the Barcelona star to replace Haller

The German club Borussia Dortmund has placed one of the stars of Barcelona, Spain, within its circle of interests during the current summer transfer period.

Dortmund wants to compensate for the absence of striker Sebastien Haller from the team in the coming period, according to the Spanish sports newspaper "Sport" today, Wednesday.

The newspaper indicated that Dortmund had actually communicated with Barcelona striker Memphis Depay , 28, and expressed his desire to include him, but in a free transfer or on loan until June 2023.

And after Barcelona signed this summer with the Polish Robert Lewandowski from Bayern Munich and the Brazilian Rafinha from Leeds United, England, Depay's chances of participating with the Catalan team regularly in the matches of the next season were severely diminished.

And reduces Depay's chances of participating also the availability of other wonderful alternatives in the attack in front of Xavi Hernandez, coach of Barcelona, such as French Osman Dembele, Gabonese Pierre Emeric Aubameyang, Spaniards Ferran Torres and Ansu Fati.

Depay played very few matches for Barcelona under Xavi late last season, and the player's level of performance was not convincing to the coach.

Barcelona needs to sell some of its players to reduce the size of its debts, which amounted to 1.35 billion euros, by taking advantage of the consideration for selling players on the one hand and reducing the amount of salaries incurred by the club annually.

However, the Spanish media indicates at the same time that Depay feels comfortable in the ranks of Barcelona and insists on completing his contract.

Some reports indicate that Barcelona is ready to dispense with the Dutch player for 20 million euros.

Haller, who recently moved from Ajax to Dortmund, suffers from a tumor that will keep him out of action for several months.

Media reports in the past few days have mentioned the names of some attackers as replacements for the 28-year-old Hallier, such as Edinson Cavani, Edin Dzeko, Mauro Icardi, Giovanni Simeone and Anthony Modest.