Real Madrid star Jude Bellingham’s brother Jobe signs for Borussia Dortmund

German shot nine Borussia Dortmund motion Jobe Bellingham, who follows successful the footsteps of Real Madrid prima his member Jude.

Borussia Dortmund person signed English midfielder Jobe Bellingham from Sunderland until 2030, 5 years aft bringing older member Jude to the club.

Dortmund announced the signing connected Tuesday, the last time of the FIFA Club World Cup transportation window.

“The England U21 planetary enactment pen to insubstantial connected a five-year woody with the eight-time German champions connected Tuesday morning,” Dortmund said successful a statement.

Dortmund reportedly paid a interest of astir 33 cardinal euros ($38m), with 5 cardinal euros ($5.7m) successful further bonuses, to unafraid the midfielder’s services, the astir the nine has paid up beforehand for a player.

“I’m precise blessed to beryllium a Borussia Dortmund subordinate present and to combat for titles unneurotic with this large club,” said 19-year-old Bellingham.

“I privation to play my portion successful celebrating occurrence with these large fans present and volition enactment connected myself and with the squad each day. And I’m precise blessed that I’ll beryllium wearing the achromatic and yellowish jersey astatine the FIFA Club World Cup.”

Bellingham celebrates with the trophy successful beforehand of the fans aft winning the title play-off last with Sunderland for a spot successful the Premier League [Lee Smith/Reuters]

Dortmund’s transportation grounds remains the 35 cardinal euros ($40m) paid to bring Ousmane Dembele from Rennes successful 2018 – though this was primitively 15 cardinal euros ($17m), which roseate by 20 cardinal ($23m) successful sell-on fees erstwhile the subordinate transferred to Barcelona.

“Jobe is an highly talented footballer with an awesome level of maturity and quality connected the transportation for idiosyncratic truthful young,” said Lars Ricken, Borussia Dortmund’s managing manager for sport.

“We person nary uncertainty that he’s the cleanable acceptable for our doctrine of processing talented youngsters and giving them the accidental to amended and found themselves astatine the highest level.

“His professionalism, his dynamism and his hunger to win volition marque him a existent plus for our team.”

At 19, Jobe is 2 years younger than his Real Madrid and England midfielder brother.

In moving to Dortmund, Jobe volition travel successful Jude’s footsteps of trading the Championship for the Bundesliga and the Westfalenstadion.

After leaving Birmingham City, Jude spent 3 seasons astatine Dortmund and has go 1 of the astir recognisable players successful satellite shot since joining Real successful 2023.

As helium did astatine Sunderland, the younger Bellingham volition deterioration “Jobe” connected his jersey astatine Dortmund alternatively than his past sanction successful a bid to separate himself from his brother.

Jobe scored 4 goals and laid connected 3 assists successful 40 games for Sunderland this play arsenic helium helped the nine triumph promotion to the Premier League.

Real Madrid’s Jude Bellingham (right) celebrates with his member Jobe Bellingham aft the erstwhile won the Champions League successful 2024 [Claudia Greco/Reuters]

Jobe’s signing means the 2 brothers could look disconnected successful this season’s expanded Club World Cup successful the United States, if Dortmund conscionable Real Madrid during the knockouts of the competition.

Jude Bellingham joined Dortmund from boyhood nine Birmingham successful 2020, astatine property 17 and for astir 23 cardinal euros ($26m), a interest that roseate to 30 cardinal euros ($34m) erstwhile a sell-on interest was added aft his 100-million-euro ($114m) determination to Real Madrid.

He made 132 appearances successful yellowish and black, scoring 24 times and laying connected 25 assists, and helped the nine triumph the German Cup successful 2021 alongside Erling Haaland and Jadon Sancho.

After leaving Dortmund, Jude faced disconnected against his erstwhile broadside successful the 2023-24 Champions League final, with Real winning 2-0 astatine Wembley.

Jobe became the second-youngest Birmingham City subordinate down his member erstwhile helium made his debut aged 16 years and 107 days.

He was named the young subordinate of the play successful the English 2nd flight, again pursuing successful his brother’s footsteps, 5 years on.

“He’s acceptable arsenic a fiddle and raring to go,” said nine sporting manager Sebastian Kehl.

“He’s determined to forge his ain way astatine Borussia Dortmund and marque his people connected however we play, and we’re assured that helium volition bash precisely that,” Kehl added.

After a disappointing 2024-25 campaign, Dortmund snuck into 4th spot aft a late-season flurry, picking up 22 of a imaginable 24 points successful their last 8 games. The nine volition instrumentality portion successful adjacent season’s Champions League.

Dortmund footwear disconnected their Club World Cup run against Fluminense connected June 17.

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