Chelsea 'plotting £100m move for Borussia Dortmund star Bellingham'
Chelsea ‘are plotting £100m move for Borussia Dortmund star Jude Bellingham’ and are convinced ‘he will be a better fit than Declan Rice’… but German side are keen to keep England international, who wants to test himself in the Premier League
- Jude Bellingham is one of the most sought-after youngsters in Europe right now
- Chelsea are eyeing an audacious £100million move for Borussia Dortmund star
- Teenager has shone on the biggest stage for Dortmund after joining last summer
- The 17-year-old has become a regular in the Gareth Southgate’s England squad
- Dortmund will be doing everything they can to keep hold of their star youngster
Chelsea are interested in bringing in England international Jude Bellingham this summer in a mega-money deal from Borussia Dortmund, according to reports.
The 17-year-old midfielder has shone at Dortmund during his first season at the club after joining in a £25million deal from Birmingham, and has emerged as one of the most sought-after youngsters in Europe after his performances on the biggest stage.
And according to Eurosport, Chelsea are now plotting an eye-watering £100million summer move for the box-to-box midfielder and are the club most interested in his services.
Chelsea are plotting an audacious £100m swoop for Borussia Dortmund star Jude Bellingham
Thomas Tuchel is looking to evolve his squad after taking the reins from Frank Lampard
The Blues are looking to evolve under Thomas Tuchel following a dramatic upturn in performances since he replaced Frank Lampard, and the club are still keen to bring in a midfielder.
Previous manager Lampard saw fellow England international Declan Rice as the missing piece of the jigsaw in midfield, however there is reportedly now a growing feeling that Bellingham would be the better fit at Stamford Bridge.
Premier League rivals Liverpool are also claimed to be monitoring Bellingham’s developments from afar, but it is Chelsea pursuing him the most.
However, Chelsea will find it extremely tough to get their man with Bundesliga outfit Dortmund set to play hardball over their teenage sensation.
Dortmund will be desperate to keep hold of star players Erling Haaland and Jadon Sancho this summer amid heavy interest in their services, while they will not want to lose Bellingham either – with the young trio the key stars in the team.
Chelsea now view Bellingham as a better fit than West Ham midfielder Declan Rice
Within months of watching Bellingham, Dortmund reportedly recognised that the English midfielder had the potential to grow into a £100m star and will be demanding a fee in that region – which would be a massive profit on the £25m they originally paid for him.
The report goes onto say that Bellingham would be happy to stay at Dortmund for the time being even if the club miss out on Champions League football come the end of the season.
Bellingham has developed at a quicker rate than anyone would have imagined at Dortmund and is believed to be encouraged by the plans of new boss Marco Rose – who takes over in the summer.
However, he does intend to test himself in the Premier League in the future and will do so when the right opportunity comes along.
While he has shone all season, Bellingham’s stock has grown massively over the last few weeks having starred in both legs of Dortmund’s Champions League quarter-final defeat by Manchester City, scoring a superb goal in the second leg.
Despite going out in the Champions League, Bellingham shone against Manchester City
He also netted his first goal in Bundesliga on the weekend as Dortmund ran out narrow 3-2 winners over Stuttgart.
Bellingham has been widely tipped to have a massive future, showing maturity way beyond his years at Signal Iduna Park.
His incredible form has seen him stake a regular claim in Gareth Southgate’s England squad ahead of this summer’s Euros.
The report adds that Manchester United chiefs are ‘desperately disappointed’ that they couldn’t acquire his signature ahead of Dortmund last summer.
United were in hot pursuit of Bellingham, originally dating back to 2017, and they even roped in legendary boss Sir Alex Ferguson to show the teenager and his parents around their Aon training complex only for him to choose Dortmund.
Dortmund will be doing all they can to keep hold of Bellingham beyond this summer
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