A strong arrival on the side of Real Madrid. Borussia Dortmund announced on Wednesday that its midfielder Jude Bellingham is moving to the club of the Spanish capital. A departure of the 19-year-old player for a fixed sum of 103 million euros, details the German training on its website. The transaction also includes bonuses that can wait up to 30% of this sum, or 30 million euros.
A prestigious destination for the English prodigy, arrived in 2020 from Birmingham, and indisputable holder at Borussia, capped on the wire by Bayern Munich in the race for the Bundesliga title. That 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 of the German elite.
Harry Kane as another reinforcement?
Jude Bellingham will come to strengthen Real Madrid in an area where the French Aurélien Tchouaméni and Eduardo Camavinga, shifted to the position of left-back 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 Les Bleus, was the player most rated by the Football Observatory (CIES) during the last winter transfer window. He was ahead of compatriot Phil Foden (Manchester City) and PSG star Kylian Mbappe.
His arrival also allows the Spanish club to register a back after formalizing the departure of its captain Karim Benzema, who joined Al-Ittihad in Saudi Arabia, the very likely future Parisian Marco Asensio and the Belgian Eden Hazard. In addition to Bellingam, another Englishman could join Real Madrid this summer in the person of Harry Kane. The Tottenham centre-forward is tracked by the Madrid leaders to succeed "KB9" at the forefront of the attack.