Borussia Dortmund are confident they can complete a deal for Sunderland midfielder Jobe Bellingham.
Sources from the Bundesliga club claim the 19-year-old has committed himself to the club. After holding talks with sporting director Sebastian Kehl in Ibiza last week.
A fee is expected to be in the region of £25million. With former club Birmingham City set to receive 15 per cent of the fee.
Bellingham met with Eintracht Frankfurt last week and has also held talks with RB Leipzig. However,
Dortmund have always believed they have an advantage in offering the same route that his brother Jude took.
They are yet to open talks with Sunderland but have received strong indications Bellingham wants to follow in his brother Jude’s footsteps by joining them and believe an agreement. Will eventually be reached.
Dortmund’s bargaining position has been strengthened considerably by a strong end to the season.
With eight games left, Dortmund were 11th in the Bundesliga, 10 points adrift of a top-four spot.
They won seven of their remaining matches, and drew the other at eventual champions Bayern Munich, to finish fourth and secure a place in next season’s Champions League.
Dortmund signed Jude Bellingham from Birmingham City in 2020 and he made 132 appearances in a three-year stint with the club, เล่น UFABET ผ่านมือถือ สะดวกทุกที่ ทุกเวลา winning the German Cup alongside Erling Haaland and Jadon Sancho in 2021.
Bellingham was instrumental in Sunderland’s promotion to the Premier League last month but is open to a move to the Bundesliga in order to take his development to the next level.