German soccer membership Borussia Dortmund signal Jobe Bellingham, who follows within the footsteps of Actual Madrid star his brother Jude.
Borussia Dortmund have signed English midfielder Jobe Bellingham from Sunderland till 2030, 5 years after bringing older brother Jude to the membership.
Dortmund introduced the signing on Tuesday, the ultimate day of the FIFA Membership World Cup switch window.
“The England U21 worldwide put pen to paper on a five-year take care of the eight-time German champions on Tuesday morning,” Dortmund mentioned in an announcement.
Dortmund reportedly paid a price of round 33 million euros ($38m), with 5 million euros ($5.7m) in extra bonuses, to safe the midfielder’s providers, probably the most the membership has paid up entrance for a participant.
“I’m very joyful to be a Borussia Dortmund participant now and to battle for titles along with this nice membership,” mentioned 19-year-old Bellingham.
“I need to play my half in celebrating success with these nice followers right here and can work on myself and with the crew on daily basis. And I’m very joyful that I’ll be sporting the black and yellow jersey on the FIFA Membership World Cup.”
Dortmund’s switch file stays the 35 million euros ($40m) paid to carry Ousmane Dembele from Rennes in 2018 – though this was initially 15 million euros ($17m), which rose by 20 million ($23m) in sell-on charges as soon as the participant transferred to Barcelona.
“Jobe is a particularly gifted footballer with a formidable stage of maturity and intelligence on the pitch for somebody so younger,” mentioned Lars Ricken, Borussia Dortmund’s managing director for sport.
“Now we have little question that he’s the right match for our philosophy of growing gifted kids and giving them the chance to enhance and set up themselves on the highest stage.
“His professionalism, his dynamism and his starvation to succeed will make him an actual asset for our crew.”
At 19, Jobe is 2 years youthful than his Actual Madrid and England midfielder brother.
In transferring to Dortmund, Jobe will comply with in Jude’s footsteps of buying and selling the Championship for the Bundesliga and the Westfalenstadion.
After leaving Birmingham Metropolis, Jude spent three seasons at Dortmund and has turn out to be some of the recognisable gamers in world soccer since becoming a member of Actual in 2023.
As he did at Sunderland, the youthful Bellingham will put on “Jobe” on his jersey at Dortmund fairly than his final identify in a bid to differentiate himself from his brother.
Jobe scored 4 objectives and laid on three assists in 40 video games for Sunderland this season as he helped the membership win promotion to the Premier League.
Jobe’s signing means the 2 brothers might face off on this season’s expanded Membership World Cup in the USA, if Dortmund meet Actual Madrid throughout the knockouts of the competitors.
Jude Bellingham joined Dortmund from boyhood membership Birmingham in 2020, at age 17 and for round 23 million euros ($26m), a price that rose to 30 million euros ($34m) when a sell-on price was added after his 100-million-euro ($114m) transfer to Actual Madrid.
He made 132 appearances in yellow and black, scoring 24 instances and laying on 25 assists, and helped the membership win the German Cup in 2021 alongside Erling Haaland and Jadon Sancho.
After leaving Dortmund, Jude confronted off towards his former facet within the 2023-24 Champions League last, with Actual profitable 2-0 at Wembley.
Jobe grew to become the second-youngest Birmingham Metropolis participant behind his brother when he made his debut aged 16 years and 107 days.
He was named the younger participant of the season within the English second flight, once more following in his brother’s footsteps, 5 years on.
“He’s match as a fiddle and raring to go,” mentioned membership sporting director Sebastian Kehl.
“He’s decided to forge his personal path at Borussia Dortmund and make his mark on how we play, and we’re assured that he’ll do precisely that,” Kehl added.
After a disappointing 2024-25 marketing campaign, Dortmund snuck into fourth place after a late-season flurry, choosing up 22 of a attainable 24 factors of their last eight video games. The membership will participate in subsequent season’s Champions League.
Dortmund kick off their Membership World Cup marketing campaign towards Fluminense on June 17.
