Jowe Bellingham attracts strong interest from Germany, but the exciting young midfielder could stay in the Premier League after Sunderland has helped promotion through the play-offs of the championship
Earlier this week, Eintracht Frankfurt rolled out the red carpet for Jobe Bellingham. At Touchdown in Germany on Monday afternoon, 19-year-old Sunderland midfielder and his parents, Mark and Denise, were gathered by a representative of the airport and shown around the club's facilities.
After a new third place in the Bundesliga, the winners of the Europa League of 2022 have safeguarded the Champions League qualification and they searched to make Bellingham one of the faces of their ambitious project.
Insiders have made no secret of the fact that Eintracht “went out” to land the play-off winner of the championship, but they are also problematically confronted with strong competition from domestic Rivals Borussia Dortmund.
Bvb of course has a unique advantage, because the older brother and the role model of Jowe Jude became a worldwide phenomenon during a very successful three -year period in Signal Iduna Park before moving to Real Madrid in a £ 88.5 million deal in the summer of 2023.
But crucial is that the core of the Dortmund field to the Bellingham family is not completely centered around the international Maestro of England – because they believe that Jowe is a Mercurial talent that is able to forge his own legacy in the club.
So much, the German giants are willing to blow the core of their limited summer transfer budget, which can still be strengthened by the Club World Cup prize money, on the very bound teenager.
At the beginning of May, Dortmund Chiefs Lars Ricken and Sebastian Kehl and head coach Niko Kovac were depicted in the northeast for private discussions with the player.
Departure CEO Hans-Joachim Watzke has ever flown to England for new conversations with the England U21 International. There has also been interest from RB Leipzig, but their failures to be eligible for European competition has impeded transfer plans as they have to sell before they can buy.
After the closing of his flying visit to Frankfurt, Bellingham stuck to Ibiza to think about the proposals and to enjoy some downtime with good friends and Jude.
He might have been on vacation, but that did not stop Dortmund director Kehl from diving to the Balearic Islands to keep a meeting with Bellingham.
After finally having sealed their long-awaited return to the Premier League after an absence of eight years, Sunderland owner Kyril Louis-Dreyfus is determined to hold the most appreciated assets of Regis Le Bris.
But the reality is that the black cats remain a sales club and if Bellingham chooses to promote his career abroad, Sunderland will have no option than considering offers. Birmingham City also has a 15 percent clause that will undoubtedly be processed in any approaching negotiations.
Bellingham was praised loosely last summer by Crystal Palace, but there were no formal bids and although he was scouted by a number of top prime minister League clubs, including Tottenham, Champions League football is offered in the Bundesliga. In Germany, English football is long seen as a hotbed for young talent where unused potential is widespread.
Jadon Sancho and Jamie Bynoe-Gittens also belong to the growing list of stars that have driven their play in the Bundesliga in the past seasons and Bellingham is now seen as the next English world leaf that Deutschland can conquer.