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Sunderland are reportedly changing into more and more assured of their means to fend off curiosity from Manchester United and different potential suitors for Jobe Bellingham.
United are bracing for a really busy summer season switch window and midfield is an space of the pitch they might look to bolster.
After United’s 2-0 win over Aston Villa on the ultimate day of the Premier League season, the membership confirmed Christian Eriksen’s departure.
There are additionally doubts over Casemiro’s future at Previous Trafford regardless of his resurgence in latest weeks underneath Ruben Amorim.
In any case, Amorim is in want of midfielders who match into his most well-liked 3-4-2-1 system, and Bellingham’s title has persistently emerged as a participant of curiosity.
United have scouted the 19-year-old, who can be believed to be on the radar of the likes of Brighton and Hove Albion, Brentford, Nottingham Forest, Tottenham Hotspur and Chelsea.
Borussia Dortmund and Eintracht Frankfurt have additionally been strongly linked to him.
Bellingham performed an important function in Sunderland’s promotion to the Premier League. The Black Cats sealed their return to the highest flight with a 2-1 victory over Sheffield United within the Championship play-off last.
In accordance with TEAMtalk, the truth that Sunderland might be within the Premier League subsequent time period has considerably boosted their hopes of retaining Bellingham.
“Sunderland are more and more optimistic about retaining star midfielder Jobe Bellingham for the approaching season following their dramatic promotion to the Premier League, sources have knowledgeable TEAMtalk.”
“Sunderland’s promotion has shifted the dynamics. Enjoying within the Premier League provides Bellingham the possibility to compete on the highest degree with out leaving the membership the place he has flourished since becoming a member of from Birmingham Metropolis in 2023.”
It’s understood Dortmund stay “very eager” on Bellingham, with membership chief Hans-Joachim Watzke even jetting to England to carry talks with the midfielder’s household.
Dortmund get pleasure from a powerful relationship with the Bellingham household, having signed Jude Bellingham – Jobe’s older brother – again in 2020. Jude’s fast rise in Germany finally earned him a transfer to Actual Madrid, and now Dortmund imagine they will strike gold a second time with Jobe.
Within the 40 Championship appearances he made within the 2024/25 season, Bellingham managed 4 objectives and three assists.
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