Borussia Dortmund star Jude Bellingham appears to be interested in a move to Liverpool as he can become a real leading player at Anfield.
Bellingham is taking the world by storm; it’s no great surprise that Liverpool want to sign him.
The 19-year-old has been outstanding at the World Cup in Qatar and was the driving force behind England’s 3-0 win over Senegal on Sunday.
Bellingham is so good that clubs are already jostling and queuing up for his signature months in advance; he won’t be leaving in January, so all this fuss is for a summer deal.
Jude Bellingham thinks he can become a Liverpool leader
Liverpool are considered to be a main contender for Bellingham.
The Reds have two of his close England friends in Jordan Henderson and Trent Alexander-Arnold whilst boss Jurgen Klopp still has close ties to former club Borussia Dortmund.
The hope is that Liverpool can use the emotional pulls to secure Bellingham ahead of clubs with bigger budgets – such as Manchester City, Paris Saint-Germain and Real Madrid.
Liverpool will still need to come up with huge money for a transfer fee but the heart and soul of Anfield will hopefully lure Bellingham to Merseyside.
Bild journalist Christian Falk has now spoken to The Anfield Wrap about Bellingham and a potential move to Liverpool.
Falk, as quoted by Rousing the Kop, suggested that Bellingham sees a ‘big chance’ to become a ‘leader’ at Anfield, in the sense of being a leading player.
Falk suggested that Real Madrid have other young midfielders like Eduardo Camavinga and Aurelien Tchouameni.
That means Bellingham may prefer to head somewhere like Liverpool, where he can be the star man in their midfield fro years to come.
“Bellingham is watching and sees a big chance to be a leader at Liverpool,” said Falk. “Real Madrid is very, very interested but they have players there who aren’t so young also, but you have a few younger players like Camavinga.”
“He sees a big opportunity and advantage to play for Liverpool and be important. This is what Jurgen Klopp is saying to him,” he added.
This starring role is exactly what Liverpool need to be selling to Bellingham.
Other clubs may have more money but there is something special about Liverpool and Bellingham may well see himself as being part of that.
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