Jude Bellingham can leave Borussia Dortmund The German club’s chief executive Hans-Joachim Watzke said next summer if he wanted to.
Sources told ESPN earlier this month that Liverpool to be lead the hunt for Bellingham even though Chelsea, Manchester United, City of Manchester and Real Madrid also follow the 19-year-old girl.
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It is believed that Dortmund could offer a fee in the region of 100 million euros for England international, but reports suggest that figure could rise to 150 million euros.
Dortmund director Watzke said the club could not compete with Europe’s biggest clubs for wages and they would not stand in the way if he wanted to leave.
“We will hold negotiations now, as soon as [the World Cup in] Qatar is over, and then we’ll have a basic talk about what he wants,” Watzke said.
“He just needs to let us know if he wants to stay or to go. In either case, we will talk to each other very happily and rationally. All in all, we can imagine that he is. will stay with us, but we cannot behave as if this topic is off the table.
“If he says ‘I want to do something else’, that’s really big [clubs] in Europe will be there and we can’t afford to fight financially.”
Bellingham began his career at Birmingham City before joining Dortmund at the age of 17 in 2020.
The midfielder, who has a contract with Dortmund until 2025, has scored nine goals in 22 games in all competitions this season – including four from five in the Champions League. He also became the youngest Bundesliga captain when he led Dortmund against Cologne in September.
Last week we selected part of England’s 26-man squad for the World Cup. He has 17 caps for the national team.
