Ousmane Dembele, right, has returned to Barcelona training after three weeks out with a thigh injury. Alejandro Garcia / EPA
Ousmane Dembele, right, has returned to Barcelona training after three weeks out with a thigh injury. Alejandro Garcia / EPA
Ousmane Dembele, right, has returned to Barcelona training after three weeks out with a thigh injury. Alejandro Garcia / EPA
Ousmane Dembele, right, has returned to Barcelona training after three weeks out with a thigh injury. Alejandro Garcia / EPA

Ousmane Dembele ready to return for Barcelona against Celta Vigo


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Barcelona's record signing Ousmane Dembele is set to return from a long injury layoff in Thursday's Copa del Rey match against Celta Vigo, the club has said.

Dembele, who joined Barcelona for a €105 million (Dh464m) fee that could rise to €147 million, from Borussia Dortmund in August, made only three appearances for the Cataln side before rupturing his hamstring against Getafe on September 16.

The 20-year-old French forward, who had a surgery in Finland, returned to training in December and received his medical discharge on Tuesday.

Ernesto Valverde's Barcelona travel to Vigo for the first leg of their last-16 Copa del Rey tie before hosting the reverse fixture at Camp Nou next week.

They will also return to league action with a home game against Levante on Sunday.