According to reports, Jude Bellingham is not interested in moving to Manchester City as he does not want to risk a future transfer to Real Madrid. Bellingham has reportedly already agreed to a contract with Real Madrid, with an agreement in principle in place to take him from Borussia Dortmund to the Bernabeu in the coming weeks. While Manchester City, Chelsea, and Liverpool were among the other clubs interested in the 19-year-old Englishman, Real Madrid is the front-runner for his signature. The transfer fee is expected to be in the range of €110-120 million, including bonuses.
Jude Bellingham does not want to risk a future Real Madrid transfer by moving to Manchester City, reports suggest, with former Borussia Dortmund teammate Erling Haaland having taken that gamble a year ago.
Why Bellingham rejected Man City
Jude Bellingham
According to reports, Manchester City promised Jude Bellingham that he would be able to move to Real Madrid in the future if he agreed to a transfer to the Premier League leaders this summer. However, Bellingham rejected the possibility, viewing it as a risk. It has been reported that his friend and teammate Erling Haaland has a similar agreement in place with City. Real Madrid still needs to finalize a deal with Borussia Dortmund, but they believe that Bellingham is a generational talent and would be a fantastic addition to their project for the future. Talks between Madrid and Dortmund are not expected to face serious complications, with only relatively fine details of the transfer negotiations remaining to be finalized.