Borussia Dortmund’s ‘SECRET plan to keep Jude Bellingham’: Real Madrid, Man City and Liverpool could be forced to wait for England star as he’s offered a 150% wage increase – but with a £131m release clause
- Borussia Dortmund are reportedly devising a new plan to keep Jude Bellingham
- The England sensation is set to be offered a wage increase of 150 per cent
- However, a £131m release clause could give hope to Man City and Liverpool
Borussia Dortmund are reportedly putting together a ‘secret plan’ to keep Jude Bellingham at the club with a 150 per cent wage increase in an attempt to fend off interest from Real Madrid, Liverpool and Man City.
England sensation Bellingham is set to be one of the most sought-after players this summer following his remarkable rise to the top and an impressive World Cup, and Dortmund are now pulling out the stops to persuade him to stay.
Dortmund’s sporting director Sebastian Kehl is planning to invite the player and his father Mark into his office to offer him a deal that would see him remain at Signal Iduna Park for at least one more season, according to German outlet Bild.
The club are planning to tempt Bellingham with an offer of £13million a season – making him the highest-paid player in the history of the club, the report adds, but in return the 19-year-old would be given a release clause of £131million.
That would allow Dortmund to rake in a big future fee and also hand clubs a perfect opportunity to snatch him up.
The reported proposal would see Jude Bellingham offered a 150 per cent wage hike – in return for a £131m release clause
Borussia Dortmund chief Sebastian Kehl (R) is reportedly putting together a ‘secret plan’ to keep hold of Bellingham (L) for another year
It would also mean the likes of Madrid, Liverpool and City would be dealt a huge blow and be forced to wait even longer to secure their prized asset.
The report adds that a summer departure for Bellingham is ‘much more likely’ with the top clubs in Europe set to ‘try everything’ to convince him to leave, claiming that Real Madrid remain the favourites to lure him away.
However, it goes on to say that a summer move to Los Blancos will largely depend on whether the club decide to offer Toni Kroos or Luka Modric a new…