BVB midfielder Jude Bellingham reacted with amusement to a transfer rumor from England that his move to Liverpool was already a done deal.
Former Premier League player Craig Hignett was on BBC Radio Merseyside claims that he was informed by a “good source” about the upcoming move of the 18-year-old to Jürgen Klopp and the Reds.
“I can’t tell how I know, but apparently he has declared that he is at an agreement with Liverpool,” said Hignett, who played 101 Premier League games for Middlesbrough, Blackburn and Leicester: “Whether in January or at the end of the season is not sure, but I think I got a good source from which it is almost a sure thing. “
One from the portal FourFourTwo shared tweet, which addressed those statements by Hignett and even claimed that Bellingham was going around and confirming that he would move to Liverpool next summer, commented the player himself – with a gif that shows him laughing in the circle of the English national team. The tweet has since been deleted.
Most recently, Bellingham had repeatedly emphasized how comfortable he felt in Dortmund and licensed player manager Sebastian Kehl also categorically ruled out an approaching departure of the coveted midfielder. “He is loved, he enjoys that. There are no signs that he could leave Dortmund anytime soon,” said Kehl at Sport1: “He is a Borussia Dortmund player and remains a Borussia Dortmund player. There is no pain threshold and no release clause.”
BVB teammates and opponents rave about Bellingham
Bellingham, whose contract in Dortmund runs until 2025, moved from Birmingham City from the second English division to BVB in the summer of 2020 for around 23 million euros and became a regular and key player almost straight away. Both teammates and opponents regularly rave about the skills of the English international.
“He’s the most mature, most serious 18-year-old I’ve ever seen,” said BVB defense chief Mats Hummels after Dortmund’s 3-1 win in mid-September DAZN: “I’ve told him 25 times this year that I just love him. A great footballer, a great guy. He will go his way one hundred percent without any doubt about it.”
Pep Guardiola was of the same opinion, who attested to the then 17-year-old in April after the Champions League quarter-finals against Dortmund that he was a “fucking personality”: “I can’t believe he’s only 17 . Maybe he’s a liar. He’s so good, a fantastic player. “
