Dortmund confident of signing Jobe Bellingham

Borussia Dortmund are confident in completing Jobe Bellingham’s signing from Sunderland.

Sunderland’s return to the Premier League for the first time since 2017 has attracted a lot of interest in the 19-year-old’s behalf across Europe.

However, the German club believes they are now in a good position to secure Bellingham’s signature.

Although they haven’t yet started discussions with Sunderland, there are strong indications Bellingham wants to follow his brother Jude’s example and believes a deal will emerge.

A strong season-ending has significantly strengthened Dortmund’s bargaining position.

Dortmund were 11th in the Bundesliga, 10 points off the pace of a top-four spot with eight games left.

Jude Bellingham joined Dortmund from Birmingham City in 2020, and he made 132 appearances for the club during his three-year, German Cup-winning team in 2021.

Prior to joining Real Madrid in 2023, he immediately fell short of the Bundesliga title. He suffered injuries and watched Mainz and the team draw on the final day of the 2022-23 season, which would have seen Dortmund declared champion for the first time in 11 years.

Five years after Jude won the award, Jobe Bellingham was named the Championship’s Young Player of the Year last month.

Dortmund would be eligible to compete in the Club World Cup, which includes Real Madrid, his brother Jude’s current club, if he agreed a deal before June 10.

Jobe Bellingham is a member of England’s Under-21 squad for the European Under-21 Championship, which will take place in Slovakia on June 11 through 28. Bellingham has made four appearances for the Under-21 team.

For the Club World Cup, which will take place in the United States from June 14 to July 13, England’s U21 boss Lee Carsley announced to BBC Sport that they would release players.

He declared, “We’re supporting all the players.” When they need a medical visit or a club meeting, “We have room in our schedule to make sure that they get a chance.” We agree with that.

I “wish I could have them here in the ideal,” I would say. You want your strongest squad, but we must prioritize the players, which is exactly what we are doing.

We have been preparing for it, I believe. We were always anticipating a potential loss of two or three.

Fifa are said to have won more matches than our competitions. In that case, any player’s teams and clubs will always come out on top in that competition, with any exception.