{"id":3994,"date":"2021-12-28T15:00:30","date_gmt":"2021-12-28T20:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2021\/12\/28\/borussia-dortmund-considering-move-for-birmingham-city-youngster-jobe-bellingham\/"},"modified":"2021-12-28T15:00:30","modified_gmt":"2021-12-28T20:00:30","slug":"borussia-dortmund-considering-move-for-birmingham-city-youngster-jobe-bellingham","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2021\/12\/28\/borussia-dortmund-considering-move-for-birmingham-city-youngster-jobe-bellingham\/","title":{"rendered":"Borussia Dortmund considering move for Birmingham City youngster Jobe Bellingham"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<h2>German giants chasing Bellingham the younger<\/h2>\n<p>Bundesliga giants Borussia Dortmund look set to sanction a bit of brotherly love in the Ruhr valley as\u00a0<em>Die Schwarzgelben\u00a0<\/em>has set their sights on Birmingham City\u2019s Jobe Bellingham, the younger brother of current star midfielder Jude Bellingham.<\/p>\n<p>According to the highly-reliable <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ruhrnachrichten.de\/bvb\/besuch-und-gespraeche-der-bvb-plan-mit-bellingham-bruder-jobe-w1708855-p-2000408243\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ruhr Nachrichten<\/a>, the 16-year-old England U18 international right-winger is on the priority list at the Westfalenstadion this summer, with Dortmund seriously considering adding the younger Bellingham into their vaunted U19 set up in the summer.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Borussia Dortmund are seriously considering signing Jude Bellingham&rsquo;s brother Jobe for the U-19s team in the summer. The <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BVB?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#BVB<\/a> scouts have been closely following his development. [Ruhr Nachrichten] <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/nr4346hMIr\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/nr4346hMIr<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 BVB Buzz (@BVBBuzz) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BVBBuzz\/status\/1475723706705989632?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 28, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>It could be the perfect developmental move for Jobe given Dortmund\u2019s long-established track record of developing young players in the youth ranks, with the likes of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/news\/exclusive-insight-a-dortmund-debut-looms-for-moukoko-but-who-is-he\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Youssoufa Moukoko<\/a>, Ansgar Knauff, Giovanni Reyna, Tobias Raschl, Felix Passlack, and Lucas Unbehaun all rising through the ranks and now among the first-team set up under boss Marco Rose.<\/p>\n<p>Certainly, the rapid and impressive development of his older brother Jude stands as a testament to what Dortmund can do for a budding young English talent, with current Manchester United winger Jadon Sancho serving as another example.<\/p>\n<h2>A reunion that may not last<\/h2>\n<p>This is not the first time that Dortmund has been linked with interest in Jude\u2019s younger brother, with links already being established back in October when the club\u2019s youth coordinator and former star academy graduate Lars Ricken <a href=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/news\/transfers\/dortmund-tracking-younger-brother-of-key-midfielder-jude-bellingham\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">commented on Bellingham<\/a>, which hinted at a long-term approach regarding the youngster.<\/p>\n<p>But despite Dortmund angling an approach vector for Jobe after the current 2021-22 campaign, Jude\u2019s future at the club could be at an end if Liverpool has any say in the matter.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1613941\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1613941\" class=\"size-large wp-image-1613941\" src=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/GettyImages-1357161951-1024x752.jpg\" alt=\"Borussia Dortmund eyeing potential summer move for Jobe Bellingham\" width=\"1024\" height=\"752\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/GettyImages-1357161951-1024x752.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/GettyImages-1357161951-300x220.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/GettyImages-1357161951-768x564.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/GettyImages-1357161951-1536x1127.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/GettyImages-1357161951-2048x1503.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/GettyImages-1357161951-886x650.jpg 886w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-1613941\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">DORTMUND, GERMANY \u2013 DECEMBER 04: Leon Goretzka of Muenchen challenges Jude Bellingham of Dortmund during the Bundesliga match between Borussia Dortmund and FC Bayern M\u00fcnchen at Signal Iduna Park on December 04, 2021 in Dortmund, Germany. (Photo by Joosep Martinson\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Previously linked with heavy interest in the full England international, former Liverpool academy product <a href=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/news\/almost-a-cert-craig-hignett-makes-jude-bellingham-claim-liverpool-fans-should-love\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Craig Hignett spoke on BBC Radio Merseyside<\/a> while claiming that Bellingham was set for an eventual move to Anfield, though he did not elude to whether that meant a Hinrunde move or if he would be changing addresses in the summer.<\/p>\n<p>Regardless of what may come down the line, Borussia Dortmund continues to push in their attempts to develop youngsters with a view of supplying the pipeline in the Ruhr valley.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>German giants chasing Bellingham the younger Bundesliga giants Borussia Dortmund look set to sanction a bit of brotherly love in the Ruhr valley as\u00a0Die Schwarzgelben\u00a0has set their sights on Birmingham City\u2019s Jobe Bellingham, the younger brother of current star midfielder Jude Bellingham. According to the highly-reliable Ruhr Nachrichten, the 16-year-old England U18 international right-winger is [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[12,7],"tags":[13,14],"class_list":["post-3994","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-football","category-sport","tag-football","tag-soccer","et-doesnt-have-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3994","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3994"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3994\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3994"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3994"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3994"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}