{"id":814235,"date":"2026-08-15T07:20:10","date_gmt":"2026-08-15T07:20:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/814235\/"},"modified":"2026-08-15T07:20:10","modified_gmt":"2026-08-15T07:20:10","slug":"borussia-dortmund-hold-talks-to-sign-20-year-old-barcelona-defender-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/814235\/","title":{"rendered":"Borussia Dortmund hold talks to sign 20-year-old Barcelona defender &#8211; report"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">FC Barcelona want to resolve the situation of youngster Hector Fort as soon as possible, with the 20-year-old right-back not part of Hansi Flick\u2019s plans for the upcoming season.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The La Masia graduate, as such, has been training separately from the main group in the past few days, waiting for a resolution over his future and has attracted a long list of interested clubs.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/barcauniversal.com\/barcelona-want-academy-talents-exit-completed-soon-as-everton-lead-transfer-race\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">As previously reported<\/a>, Fort has attracted interest from clubs including Racing Santander, Everton, Fulham and Liverpool, but there is now also serious interest from Germany.<\/p>\n<p>Borussia Dortmund open talks<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Plettigoal\/status\/2088274517411926390\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Sky Germany\u2019s Florian Plettenberg<\/a>, Borussia Dortmund are pushing to sign the Barcelona full-back.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/nottingham-forest-v-barcelona-friuli-venezia-giulia-cup-1-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Hector Fort of Barcelona\" class=\"wp-image-208678\"  \/>On his way out. (Photo by Timothy Rogers\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Indeed, the German giants are exploring a deal for Fort and have held talks to keep themselves fully informed about his situation and all the details regarding a potential move.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Fort spent the previous campaign on loan at Elche and returned to the club hoping to earn a place in Flick\u2019s plans. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But Barcelona\u2019s priority is to secure a permanent transfer for the youngster, given that the right-back slot is occupied by Jules Kounde, Eric Garcia, and Xavi Espart.<\/p>\n<p>Barcelona value Fort at \u20ac20 million<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Blaugrana, however, are looking to protect their future interests. As such, they are wanting to retain a percentage of Fort\u2019s rights or a share of any future sale as part of the deal.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"731\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/udinese-v-barcelona-friuli-venezia-giulia-cup-1024x731.jpg\" alt=\"Hector Fort of Barcelona\" class=\"wp-image-208677\"  \/>Dortmund interested. (Photo by Timothy Rogers\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As reported earlier in the week, <a href=\"https:\/\/barcauniversal.com\/barcelona-want-e15-20-million-for-young-defender-amid-premier-league-interest\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">the Catalan club are seeking between \u20ac15 million and \u20ac20 million<\/a>, depending on the percentage of the player\u2019s rights they retain.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">However, Barcelona could <a href=\"https:\/\/barcauniversal.com\/borussia-dortmund-join-the-race-to-sign-talented-e20-million-rated-barcelona-defender\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">lower their asking price to around \u20ac10 million<\/a> if they retain 50% of Fort\u2019s rights, effectively selling only half of his economic rights.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Those conditions could make negotiations more complicated, as interested teams naturally want to acquire a larger percentage of the player\u2019s rights while paying less.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Fort\u2019s age, potential and technical ability make him an attractive proposition for clubs across Europe, and Borussia Dortmund have now emerged as one of the most serious contenders for his signature.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Whether they are accepting of Barcelona\u2019s terms remains to be seen.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"FC Barcelona want to resolve the situation of youngster Hector Fort as soon as possible, with the 20-year-old&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":814236,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[418,49042,4902,4893,268339,403,99],"class_list":["post-814235","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-soccer","tag-barcelona","tag-barcelona-news","tag-borussia-dortmund","tag-fc-barcelona","tag-hector-fort","tag-soccer","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/814235","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=814235"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/814235\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/814236"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=814235"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=814235"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=814235"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}