Liverpool overtake Real Madrid for Jude Bellingham

Reports suggest the Reds have already contacted Dortmund about talks with the midfielder, a Real Madrid target for next season.

19/07/2022, 04:01 PM +00:00

Jude Bellingham is one of Real Madrid's targets for next season. The 19-year-old Dortmund midfielder has long been tracked by the club and is seen as a replacement for Modric. His contract expires in 2025, but Real Madrid want to take up a preferential option to sign him for 2023.

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Several teams are interested

Real Madrid know that many teams want to have the promising youngster in their ranks, one of them is Liverpool who, like Real Madrid, are very interested in acquiring the services of the English player.

Liverpool want to get ahead of Real Madrid and the rest of the teams and have already contacted Borussia Dortmund to try to secure the signing of Bellingham for 2023.

This is what Fabrizio Romano assures that Real Madrid is very attentive to everything that happens with the player. It is not only Real Madrid who are keeping an eye on what is happening with Bellingham, Fabrizio Romano claims that there are several Premier League and LaLiga sides who also want Bellingham.

Dortmund are clear that they are not going to make it easy for one of their star players to leave. In fact, they have already let the clubs interested in Bellingham know that the asking price is more than 100 million euros.