A weighty arrival from Real Madrid. Borussia Dortmund announces on Wednesday that its midfielder Jude Bellingham is going to the club in the Spanish capital. A departure of the 19-year-old player against a fixed sum of 103 million euros, details the German formation on its website. The transaction also includes bonuses that can reach up to 30% of this amount, or 30 million euros.
A prestigious destination for the English prodigy, who arrived in 2020 from Birmingham, and indisputable holder at Borussia, beaten on the wire by Bayern Munich in the race for the Bundesliga title. This did not prevent the young man, who took part in the 2022 World Cup in Qatar with his national team, from being named the best player in the German elite.
Harry Kane as another backup?
Jude Bellingham will come to reinforce Real Madrid in a sector where the French Aurélien Tchouaméni and Eduardo Camavinga are applying, shifted to the position of left side by his coach Carlo Ancelotti. For the White House, this is a strong signal. Bellingham, very prominent during the World Cup finished in the quarter-finals against the Blues, was the player most rated by the Football Observatory (CIES) during the last winter transfer window. He was ahead of his compatriot Phil Foden (Manchester City) and PSG star Kylian Mbappé.
His arrival also allows the Spanish club to register a rear after having formalized the departure of its captain Karim Benzema, who joined Al-Ittihad in Saudi Arabia, the very probable future Parisian Marco Asensio and the Belgian Eden Hazard. Besides Bellingam, another Englishman could join Real Madrid this summer in the person of Harry Kane. The center-forward of Tottenham is tracked by the Madrid leaders to succeed “KB9” at the forefront of the attack.
