If Liverpool have been pursuing a midfielder for some time, it has only been confirmed at the World Cup that the player Jurgen Klopp has chosen is Jude Bellingham. It’s been a long time since the English footballer from Borussia Dortmund loved Anfield so much. In fact, they already tried to sign him last summer, but the Germans decided to keep him for another year and, in 2023, sit down to negotiate. The strategy is perfect, because in Dortmund they thought Bellingham had all the numbers to be an important piece in Qatar and that this could climb into their box more, and so it is
In his first match in the World Cup, he scored the first goal of his choice in the thrashing against Iran, and also signed a great game. He wasn’t as inspired on the second day, in a very flat match against the United States, but the first meeting was already confirmation of what many had been saying for some time. Jude Bellingham is the talent of a generation and whoever gets him has a great footballer for the next decade. They think so in Liverpool, but also in Madrid
And it is that the product of grassroots football at Birmingham City is one of the biggest wishes of Florentino Perez who sees him as a replacement for Luka Modric or Toni Kroos in the engine room at Real Madrid. Meanwhile, at Anfield it appears they have already started paving the way for a viable payment offering that could be as high as €120m, due to the Germans’ demands
The plan in question was revealed by Football Insider, who explained that Jurgen Klopp had already decided on the three footballers he would be willing to sacrifice for Bellingham’s arrival. These are three midfielders such as Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, Naby Keita and James Milner. The three share some characteristics
The first is that they hardly participate this season on the orders of the German coach, and the second is that they are all in the last season of the contract and will be free agents as of next June 30. He doesn’t have much money in this part of the field, but with youngsters Harvey Elliott and Curtis James accompanying Jude Bellingham, Klopp looks like he’ll be more than satisfied
