A FRESH report on Jude Bellingham’s future has delivered a huge transfer blow to Manchester United and Liverpool.
The England World Cup star has his pick of Europe’s big guns after his stunning displays for Borussia Dortmund.
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Liverpool, Manchester City, Man United, Chelsea and Paris Saint-Germain are all keen on the 19-year-old.
But as Sun Sport exclusively revealed this week, it is Madrid that believe they have won the race to sign Bellingham in a £100m-plus-deal.
Now Spanish publication AS have backed up our report and issued a further transfer blow to the likes of United and Liverpool.
They claim that Bellingham himself “prefers Madrid” rather than the rest.
And they also add that he has no current “plans to return to England” from the Bundesliga.
Madrid hope to continue their good relationship with Dortmund by agreeing a fee and make him their big 2023 signing.
Bernabeu chiefs want to link him up with veteran Luka Modric next term to help his “adaptation” into LaLiga with the Croatian expected to retire 12 months later.
Bellingham left boyhood club Birmingham City, who he recently returned to after the World Cup, for Dortmund in 2020 for £30m.
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He has since scored 19 goals and 21 assists in 112 games.
He was also handed the club captaincy earlier this season, before thriving with England in Qatar.
Bellingham still has another four weeks until he returns to action with Dortmund’s next match against Augsburg due on January 22 following the league’s winter break.