Marca reveals method used by Real Madrid to snare Bellingham

Real Madrid are keen to bring in Jude Bellingham this summer. Brand reveals on Thursday that the Spanish superpower will soon send a delegation to Germany to talk to the attacking midfielder personally, without involving his employer Borussia Dortmund. Real Madrid also used this method last year for Aurélien Tchouaméni, who at the time opted for a switch from AS Monaco to The Royal.

Real Madrid has been working behind the scenes for ten months with the arrival of Bellingham, who will not be out of contract in Dortmund until 2025. The semi-finalist in the Champions League hopes the personal approach will ensure that the England international stays out of the hands of Liverpool and Manchester City. For the summer arrival of Bellingham, Real Madrid will have to reserve more than a hundred million euros, it sounds from Spain. Dortmund announced at an earlier stage that it wanted at least 120 million euros for the Englishman, an amount that was later increased to 150 million euros.

In Bellingham’s case, Real Madrid wants according to Brand apply the so-called Tchouaméni method. A delegation from the Spanish top club personally visited the midfielder in the spring of 2022 and even took a shirt from the club to placate him. The French international eventually chose Real Madrid over Liverpool and Chelsea, among others. For the arrival of Tchouaméni, who signed for six seasons in Spain, eighty million euros were eventually deposited.

Bellingham has long been on the list of Real Madrid, which reportedly does not want to pay 150 million euros for a possible transfer. The midfielder, who was recruited in 2020, is almost weekly one of the stars of Dortmund, which is currently leading the Bundesliga. Bellingham has also become a regular in midfield for the English national team. At the World Cup in Qatar, the youth product of Manchester City was one of the better players the Three Lions.