Three days ago, Bild reported Eintracht Frankfurt have joined Borussia Dortmund in the race to sign Sunderland’s Jobe Bellingham. They also stated he will decide his next move after the Black Cats’ Championship playoff final against Sheffield United on Saturday.
Earlier this month, BVB sent a delegation to England to hold talks for the 19-year-old’s transfer.
WAZ point that out and then state Borussia Dortmund are ‘now getting serious’ about the Sunderland star.
BVB have identified Bellingham as their priority target and will try to secure his services soon.
According to the report, the Bundesliga club are scheduled to hold new talks this week for the England U21 international. They are well aware of the tough competition to sign the midfielder.
Borussia Dortmund have qualified for the Club World Cup and FIFA will open the transfer window between June 1-10th for participating clubs to carry out signings.
WAZ say they want to take advantage of this window to get ahead of competition to take Bellingham away from Sunderland. The option of participating in the Club World Cup may even tempt him to pick BVB over others.
Sky Deutschland journalist Patrick Berger took to X, formerly known as Twitter, to provide a short update. He claims Borussia Dortmund want Bellingham ‘immediately’, for the Club World Cup.
The German club, who qualified for the Champions League, want to respect Sunderland’s crucial clash against Sheffield United later this week. There’s no agreement yet, but Berger claims BVB are preparing and planning to submit proposal after Saturday’s clash.
He adds Niko Kovač’s side don’t feel they are in pole but are ‘still pushing hard’ to sign Bellingham valued at €25-30m by Sunderland.
