14th June, 2023
Real Madrid has signed English international, Jude Bellingham, from Borussia Dortmund on a six-year contract for more than 100 million euros ($108 million).
Dortmund said last week that an agreement had been reached with Madrid for the 19-year-old, worth 103 million euros plus up to 30 percent of that fee in bonuses.
Bellingham will join young French duo Eduardo Camavinga and Aurelien Tchouameni in helping to phase out veterans Luka Modric and Toni Kroos.
In a statement on their website, Real Madrid said “Our clubs signs one of the biggest talents in world football, a player who comes from Borussia Dortmund and arrives at Madrid after being chosen as the best player in the Bundesliga 2022-23 season.
“On top of that, he is only 19 and is already a starter for the England national team.”
Bellingham shone for Gareth Southgate’s Three Lions at last year’s World Cup, where England were knocked out in the quarterfinals by eventual champions France.
The 20-year-old midfielder joined Dortmund from Birmingham in 2020 for a fee of 25 million euros, playing 132 games and winning the German Cup in 2021.
“Thank you to everyone at BVB and to the fans for everything over the past three years,” Bellingham told Dortmund’s club website.
“It was an honour to wear your shirt so often, in big and small moments. Even though I’m looking forward to my next destination, I’ll never forget the journey there. Once a Borussian, always a Borussian.”
AFP