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Revealed: Jude Bellingham's Real Madrid contract offer
Stuart Telford
- 4 Jan 2023 14:41 CST
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Real Madrid will start negotiating with Borussia Dortmund for Jude Bellingham's transfer this week, and the amount they plan to offer the England international has been revealed.
Bellingham has quickly become one of the most eligible young players in world football since his move to Dortmund from Birmingham in 2020, and has already led BVB out in the Champions League at the tender age of 19.
Now one of the first names on Gareth Southgate's England teamsheet, Liverpool and Manchester City remain keen to bring him to the Premier League, but Real are determined to close the deal for him in the January transfer window.
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Tchouameni numbers
According to Cadena SER, Real will offer Bellingham a five-year deal with a salary of €12 million per year, which will put him on a par with Aurelien Tchouameni and see him earn more than Rodrygo and Eduardo Camavinga, among others.
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No surprise that @BellinghamJude is at #1! pic.twitter.com/UU8xD8ATk6— Football Transfers (@Transfersdotcom) April 5, 2022
Dortmund have become a selling club since the turn of the century, meanwhile, making €145m across the last two summers on the sales of Jadon Sancho and Erling Haaland to Manchesters United and City alone.
Their CEO Hans-Joachim Watzke recently admitted he wouldn't stand in Bellingham's way should he pursue a move away from the Signal Iduna Park "if the really big clubs are involved," although he is understood to be holding out for a fee in excess of €100 million.
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Real are comfortable with the overall package for Bellingham. The €146.1m transfer of Eden Hazard may have pulled them away from the Galactico policy of old, but they are still willing to spend big on the game's brightest young players.
Tchouameni, 22, was acquired from Monaco for €100m, while 16-year-old Brazilian wonderkid Endrick will net Palmeiras €72m before making the move to the Bernabeu on his 18th birthday in the summer of 2024.
