The future of Jude Bellingham (19 years old) begins to become clear. This can be deduced from the latest statements by Hans-Joachim Watzke, CEO of Borussia Dortmund, to the German newspaper Bild: “I think that as soon as the World Cup in Qatar ends (on December 18), we are going to have a basic conversation about what you really want, what your future plans are going to be”. Watzke continued: “We are going to talk to him, to his parents, with whom we have a very close relationship and of course with his agent. And then you should tell us if you want to stay or if you want to go. Either way, we’ll discuss it nicely and reasonably. But we don’t have to pretend the issue isn’t on the table. When the really big teams are there, we can’t afford to fight financially either.”
The young English midfielder is concentrating a lot of interest with a bidding war at the end of 2022. All the greats of Europe have set their sights on him. The Manchester City, Liverpool and Real Madrid are the ones that, a priori, start with an advantage in this struggle to get hold of one of the best footballer projects for the coming years. Bellingham left the ranks of Birmingham to sign for Borussia Dortmund in 2020. Since then his evolution has gone in crescendo based on his game. This season he has played 22 games, with nine goals (four of them in the Champions League showcase) plus three assists: which makes this campaign its best version. The data that confirms it is the following: with his total actions he is contributing to Dortmund generating a difference (scoring or avoiding) of 1 goal every 333 ′ only in the League.
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That has made its market value has gone from 25 million (what Borussia paid in the summer of 2020 for its services) to the almost 100 million (87) at which it is valued by said website. However, the club from the Ruhr area is not willing to transfer him for less than 120 million. The reason? The same website explains it: He is the player with the highest value in the aurinegro team, in the Bundesliga itself and among those born in 2003. He is also the second highest valued English player (the first in Phil Foden) and the fifth in the world, behind Haaland (170 million), Mbappé (160), Vinicius (120), Foden (110) and leading a group of four valued at those 100 million: Fede Valverde, Bellingham himself, Musiala and Pedri.
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The Madrid He is going to face two great economic powers interested in signing the young Englishman: Manchester City and Liverpool. According to some media, PSG has tried to enter the fight, but the player has refused to join the French League. He is only attracted to the Premier and the Spanish League. Each one manages their tricks. The City has sufficient financial support to face an operation of these characteristics to which must be added the presence of Erling Haaland (22 years old) and a close friend of Bellingham. The also presence of Guardiola on the bench citizen it is attractive to the Stourbridge player. For its part, Liverpool has the convening power of Jürgen Klopp, with excellent relations with the board borusser. Klopp himself had reached a kind of tacit agreement with the team’s board of directors net to try to get the signing of Juddbut it was leaving the draw for the Champions League added to the possible sale of the club and staying everything in a ‘stand-by’ that harms their interests.
on the other side Real Madrid appears and its formidable power of attraction. Within the white leadership they see him as the ideal replacement for Luka Modric. The Madrid idea is to get their services to reinforce a midfield that has been renovated in the last two years with the signings of Camavinga (20), Tchouameni (22) and the departure of Casemiro (30). They want to offer Modric (37) another year and it is not known what the future of Kroos (32) will be: “I am very calm about my renewal. I don’t even know what will happen. We will decide before March, so you don’t get nervous”, the German player told the press before the match against Celtic. The battle is already on the board. The start date will be after the World Cup… Watzke’s word.