We missed our chance when he left Birmingham. I doubt we'll be top of the clubs he'd want to go to by next summer.
Jude Bellingham | Borussia Dortmund player...
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Yeah.. that's possible.
Watched him vs Ajax last season and he was the best player on the pitch.
He's not but whoever buys him at whatever crazy price he ends up going for will be paying premium for both his current ability and his potential in the years to come. It's the same with Tchouameni. Way overpriced for his current level but if he stays at Madrid for the next 10 years like Modric has and he continues to develop and improve then the price won't really matter that much in the end.
Potential is a risky game though - tons of young talented players look amazing but then just fade out or don't improve as expected.
Some did joke at the time that we'll end up paying over 100m for him some day. Maybe his price will put off most clubs.
Just bid 80m and add ons the rest.
It's definitely a risk. There's no getting away from that, any high priced transfer is whether they're in their prime or a promising talent, but with Bellingham I would say it's more of a calculated risk than blind faith.
Tchouameini is a good comp actually - he is world class French midfielder, has a similar talent level to Jude, perhaps even better, and went for 80 million Euros. Jude should be in the same price bracket, not 2x
He'll probably go for something like that in the end. Just like Declan Rice, no-one is going to pay £130-150m for him. There just won't be any takers at that price. If that's valuation Dortmund put on him, he'll likely stay at Dortmund for another season or two before moving for a much lower fee.
It doesn’t really matter, every upcoming midfield player pales in comparison with Pedri. La Liga continuously manages to attract the best talents in the world.
Ah well time to pack it in and start a new sport then
He's gonna have 2 years on his contract in 2023, there's no way he's moving for 150m unless Dortmund secretly extended his contract like they did with Sancho.
No English tax involved in that fee.
Move on. Quite a lot of talents out there for half the price.
Hardly. We are The Super League.
Much more comfortable spending that amount on him than Declan Rice.
Just a shame that we rolled out the red carpet for him and his family and tried everything for his signature only for him to go elsewhere and become the player everyone hoped he'd become
Is it possible Pedri is maybe a tad overhyped these days?
You got to be kidding.
Modric was amazing before he joined RM.
Well yes but that’s beside the point.
Weve got a few options if we can afford him.
Spunk 100mill on him then play mctom and Fred as first choice.
Spunk 100mill on him and turn him into the next mctom
Spunk 100 mill on him and play him in some position he has never played in before.
Spunk 100mill on him then play mctom and Fred as first choice.
Spunk 100mill on him and turn him into the next mctom
Spunk 100 mill on him and play him in some position he has never played in before.
Not at all.
Probably the most overrated midfielder in the PL currently. Was poor in a lot of last season and has carried it on this season. The only times when he's played well is when his team is packing the defence. Disappears from midfield often.
This is how I see it, if it was summer '24 then we might have a chance.
Anyway, I think he's nailed on to be heading to Liverpool.
LFC journos have been out tempering expectations re: Bellingham today and yesterday. Think it'll come down to Madrid, Chelsea, United and City for his signature next summer.
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He's 19 years old. If you are saying a 19 year old has some consistency issues from time to time then that's hardly specific to his case.
The point is that United have good options in that area now, he's a box to box midfielder that can play also as a DM, a CM in general. The kids literally going to be one of the top midfielders in Europe.
Per 90 last year in the CL he actually did better than FDJ in the majority of passing metrics and also dribbling with the ball. Better in defensively metrics too (that's on the CL) in the league he wasn't at the same level for the entire season.
Would I take FDJ if Jude went to another team? Sure. Would I take FDJ over Bellingham if both were willing to join and I had to choose? No way.
United mess up this kind of signing routinely, Moyes cancelled Thiago joining from Barca in 2013, Van Gaal cancelled Toni Kroos joining from Bayern. Both very young at the top with a very high ceiling, now United have an option to pursue someone that's just a top player and will be for any team he goes to.
It's a no brainer to me, the issue is beating other teams to his signature.
Only United and Chelsea were in for FDJ last summer, the next summer there'll be 5 or 6 clubs after Bellingham and that's telling. Teams won't throw £100m into a player on a whim.
Apparently his brother is possibly even better.
That's going to be difficult as he played a lot of positions in Dortmund, even as a winger (though rarely)
At least I got him on FM...
Madrid cannot afford him if the price is E150m … especially if we get kicked out of the CL as a punishment for the Super League … the club has set aside up to E800m in the ability to borrow from banks to make up for lost revenues if we are kicked out for a few years.
Still not totally convinced on Jude personally. The figures quoted put me off even more.
Apparently this is always the case, yet rarely the case.
It is true though.
What part is true?
Goalkeeper maybe.
Good post
I don’t see why he would be opposed to the move if we make progress this year; providing we get champions league and improve overall as a team.
You don’t rate Ten Hag then? Strange
The only reason I see would be that he simply doesn't want to leave. It at least appears that he much more identifies with his current club than most of their young players do. But obviously that can change or simply be a wrong interpretation.
That his brother is rated even higher than Jude in football circles.