BORUSSIA DORTMUND could demand a Premier League record fee of £130million for Jude Bellingham.
Manchester United, Chelsea and Liverpool are battling Real Madrid for the England midfielder, 19.
Dortmund’s England midfielder Jude Bellingham could be at the centre of a massive summer transfer battle
And Dortmund‘s valuation has rocked Bellingham‘s admirers as it was thought Prem clubs were considering bidding at around £87m.
The playmaker is under contract until 2025 and the German giants hope to fend off any transfer war until at least the summer.
And if Dortmund do get anywhere near the asking price reported by Bild, it’s still likely to be far better value than the Prem’s three previous £100m-plus Prem deals.
Philippe Coutinho never reproduced his Liverpool form after Barcelona paid £121.5m for the Brazilian in January 2018.
That’s the current record fee involving an English top-flight club.
Meanwhile, England wideman Jack Grealish is not the key man for Manchester City that he was at Aston Villa, despite costing £105.75m in January 2021.
And as with Coutinho, the Prem also got the best out of another entertainer before he switched to Spain for the third-highest sum
Eden Hazard has been beset by poor performances and fitness issues since leaving Chelsea for Real Madrid at a cost of £103.50m in June 2019.
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It’s Graham Potter’s Blues who appear to have made the clearest move yet from a Prem for Bellingham.
Chelsea reportedly told Dortmund they would go close to £90m – rather than try to prise his Three Lions’ team-mate Declan Rice from West Ham.
Stamford Bridge owner Todd Boehly is also said to be keen on RB Leipzig midfielders Christopher Nkunku and Josko Gvardiol.
