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Jobe Bellingham is poised to swap Sunderland for Borussia Dortmund after the clubs agreed an initial fee of around £28m, potentially rising to £32m.
The 19-year-old England Under-21 midfielder, the younger brother of Real Madrid’s Jude Bellingham, has just played a key part in helping Sunderland to secure promotion to the Premier League but is now following in his sibling’s footsteps and heading to the Bundesliga.
Jude Bellingham spent three years at Dortmund and his positive experience helped to inform Jobe’s decision to resist not only Sunderland’s attempts to persuade him to remain on Wearside but serious interest from Eintracht Frankfurt and RB Leipzig.
