Dortmund affirm £115m sale of Bellingham to Real Madrid
The England worldwide has been Real’s primary precedence signing for months and is now set to develop into the costliest teenager within the membership’s historical past.
A medical is anticipated within the coming days to finalise the switch, earlier than Bellingham indicators a six-year contrat.
Bellingham has loved a outstanding rise within the sport, from impressing with Birmingham City whereas nonetheless attending faculty, to snubbing Manchester United in 2020 in favour of a transfer overseas to affix Dortmund aged simply 17 years previous, the identical 12 months wherein he made his senior England debut.
Real’s subsequent goal is Bellingham’s England captain Harry Kane, who has one 12 months left on his contract at Spurs and can also be being courted by Manchester United and, from a distance, Bayern Munich.
Spurs worth Kane at greater than £100m and chairman Daniel Levy determined to carry on to his most-prized asset with new head coach Ange Postecoglou solely this week via the door. However, Carlo Ancelotti has made Kane his subsequent switch precedence and a gap supply is quickly anticipated.
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Benzema left Madrid after 14 years for profitable pastures new at Saudi membership Al-Ittihad. Chelsea’s Kai Havertz is taken into account the back-up possibility ought to a bid for Kane fail.