Dortmund ready to break the bank to keep Jude Bellingham

Robin Bairner

• Updated: 23 May 2023 08:55 CDT
• 3 min read

Borussia Dortmund are ready to go all out to prevent selling Jude Bellingham to any of the leading four clubs who are chasing his signature.

Chelsea, Real Madrid, Manchester City and Liverpool are the four clubs credited with having a serious shot of signing the 19-year-old by SportBild, who report that BVB are eager to avoid losing the England midfielder at all.

Dortmund have built a reputation as a selling club in recent years, which was only enhanced when Erling Haaland was sold to Manchester City for €60 million in the summer.

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The Norway international had a release clause in his contract, which allowed him to depart for a bargain price, and there is no such escape for Bellingham, who is already under contract until 2025.

But now Dortmund are ready to fight for Bellingham and are willing to offer him a contract that would see him paid €15 million per year.

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It is a bold move by the club, who will have to be challenging for silverware at a high level in order to match the ambitions of the young Englishman, who has reportedly been given a price tag worth €150m.

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In any case, it will knock out clubs reticent to spend big on wages from the chase.

Curiously, Manchester United and PSG, two of Europe’s biggest spenders, are not mentioned among the contenders to sign Bellingham by the German source.

Bellingham has seen his reputation explode since moving to Germany from Birmingham City in 2020 for €25m.

This season, he has scored nine goals and created two more in just 19 appearances for Dortmund, while he even captained the team in a 3-2 loss in Koln.

While Dortmund may be able to secure Bellingham’s future for the duration of one more contract, it appears unlikely, however, that they will be able to keep him for much longer than that unless there is a dramatic shift in the power of European football in the intervening period.

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