Jude Bellingham ENDS €100m Man Utd rumour with emphatic message

Robin Bairner

2 Apr 2025 00:46 CDT
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Jude Bellingham, Real Madrid, 2024/25 — © IMAGO

Jude Bellingham has effectively ended speculation that Manchester United could receive a €100 million transfer windfall with an emphatic statement on his future.

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Speaking after Real Madrid knocked Real Sociedad out of the Copa del Rey 5-4 on aggregate following extra-time at the Bernabeu, Bellingham committed himself to Los Blancos for effectively the duration of his career.

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Jude Bellingham

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The 21-year-old says he sees himself at the Bernabeu for the foreseeable future – and then some.

"Real Madrid is the perfect club for me," Bellingham, who netted the second for Carlo Ancelotti’s side in a match that finished 4-4 after extra-time, said in quotes related by Marca. "I'm happy in Madrid and I think I'll be playing in white for the next 10 or 15 years."

Bellingham ends Bruno Fernandes hopes

Bellingham’s comments have far-reaching implications, effectively ruling Real Madrid out of a move for Man Utd’s Bruno Fernandes.

In recent days, the Spanish side have been rumoured to be lining up a €100m move for the 30-year-old Portugal playmaker.

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He would struggle to fit into the same team as Bellingham, though, with both operating primarily behind the strikers. Although the Englishman is playing a slightly role this season than he did last, when he was so wildly successful, he remains the foremost of Real Madrid’s central midfielders, playing the very role that Bruno Fernandes would be expected to play if he joined the club.

Madrid are seeking for a deep-lying midfielder, and while it is not out of the question that Bruno could be asked to play that role, the tendency is that they will seek alternative options.

One of these could be Bayer Leverkusen’s Florian Wirtz. Though not a deep-lying midfielder by trade, there is reportedly a belief in Madrid that he could adapt to that position.

Certainly, a move for the German makes a good deal more sense that splashing €100m on Bruno Fernandes, who is under contract with Man Utd until 2027.

Ruben Amorim, the head coach at Old Trafford, is not willing to sell the Portuguese at that price while it also seems Jude Bellingham is not willing to give up his Real Madrid spot for the 30-year-old, effectively ending what was always an improbable rumour.