Star Soccer Player’s Sale Seals Dortmund’s Summer Rally: Chart

(Bloomberg) -- Borussia Dortmund GmbH & Co KGaA is on course for its biggest monthly gain since January 2012, lifted by speculation the German soccer club was about to sell attacker Ousmane Dembele to Spanish rival FC Barcelona. The company announced an agreement worth up to 147 million euros ($174.6 million) on Friday. In the fiscal year ended June 30 2017, Dortmund’s total transfer revenue was 31.9 million euros.

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