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Jude Bellingham ‘held crucial talks with Borussia Dortmund this week over £120m summer move’ as Real Madrid ‘leads the race’ for England star… and Bundesliga club is in Spain for a training camp
- Dortmund wanted to clarify Bellingham’s intentions for the summer
- The 19-year-old English midfielder has been linked with Real Madrid and English clubs
- He only returned to Dortmund this week after the post-World Cup break.
- The Bundesliga club will travel to Spain on Friday for a training camp.
- Real Madrid are reportedly becoming more confident they can sign Bellingham
Jude Bellingham “has been in talks with Borussia Dortmund about his next move” amid interest from Real Madrid and a handful of Premier League clubs in the England star.
The 19-year-old midfielder only returned to training with Dortmund this week after being granted three weeks off following England’s World Cup campaign.
With their Bundesliga season not set to resume until January 22, Dortmund head to Marbella for a warm-weather training camp, which will see them play friendlies against Fortuna Dusseldorf and Basel.
Jude Bellingham reportedly held talks with Borussia Dortmund this week about his next move.
Dortmund set to travel to Spain for a training camp with interest in Bellingham sky-high
According to Spanish newspaper ASDortmund invited Bellingham and his representative to a meeting this week to clarify their intentions for the summer.
Although Bellingham’s contract with Dortmund runs until 2025, AS say the German club are 95 per cent sure he will leave and have charged him a minimum transfer fee of £88m, plus £35m in add-ons.
AS claim Real Madrid are in the box to sign Bellingham, but they are likely to face stiff competition from Liverpool, Manchester City and possibly others in England.
Bellingham (left) enjoyed an excellent World Cup with England, scoring in the win over Iran
But Bellingham and England had their World Cup dreams dashed by France in the last eight
Dortmund is interested in learning about the player’s intentions before his trip to Spain, where scrutiny will be intense. The Bundesliga club will respect Bellingham’s wish to leave.
Real has already presented its interest with the relations between its president Florentino Pérez and the cordial executive director of Dortmund Hans-Joachim Watzke.
Bellingham was part of the England squad eliminated by France in the World Cup quarter-final on 10 December.
Dortmund are not in competitive action until their home game against Augsburg on January 22. They are in sixth place in the standings after 15 games, some nine points behind leaders Bayern Munich.
Bellingham is set to have the selection of several top-tier European clubs in the summer window.