Real Madrid move ahead of Liverpool and Chelsea in Bellingham race

Carlo Garganese

• Updated: 23 May 2023 09:00 CDT
• 3 min read

Real Madrid have emerged as the new favourites to sign Jude Bellingham, according to The Sun.

The British tabloid reports that Madrid have moved ahead of Liverpool, Chelsea and other interested parties for the Borussia Dortmund midfielder.

Liverpool had been considered as favourites for Bellingham due to their excellent relationship with the player and his family.

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But The Sun reports that Madrid are going all-in on Bellingham and have made him their number one midfield target for 2023.

Madrid are in the process of renewing their legendary midfield, with Casemiro joining Man Utd this past summer and both Luka Modric and Toni Kroos seeing their contracts expire at the end of the season.

Bellingham is seen as the perfect player to complement Aurelien Tchouameni, who was signed for €100 million from Monaco this year.

The Englishman is one of the hottest properties in football right now, with a host of major clubs all interested in signing him.

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Until now, Liverpool had been considered favourites, but there is strong interest elsewhere.

As well as Real Madrid, Chelsea, Man Utd, Man City and PSG all are reported to want to sign him.

Bellingham was one of the young stars of the 2022 World Cup, scoring one, assisting one and being arguably England’s best player as they reached the quarter-finals.

Dortmund are expected to sell their star man next summer, having decided against losing him in 2022 during the same window that they lost Erling Haaland to Man City for €60m.

It is expected that Bellingham will cost over €100m for whichever club does sign him, with some reports quoting his asking price as high as €150m.