Jürgen Klopp has been a Liverpool coach since October 2015 and is currently restructuring the squad. Image: AP / Rui Vieira
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Jude Bellingham is arguably one of the most promising footballers of the moment. The 19-year-old is under contract with Borussia Dortmund until 2025. A departure in the coming summer is considered likely. Real Madrid President Florentino Pérez was recently confident of victory in Bellingham poker. However, a move to the Premier League is more likely. Bellingham’s father Mark had himself played in the lower division in England, the “transfer target number 1” should be Liverpool FC.
Jude Bellingham has been playing for BVB since 2020.Image: dpa / Swen gatekeeper
It was recently reported that the Reds were in “very advanced” talks with the Bellingham party. Liverpool coach Jürgen Klopp, on the other hand, has denied rumors of an alleged meeting with Bellingham and his family.
Klopp is cautious in the Bellingham bidding
In the course of the World Cup, Klopp had publicly praised the 19-year-old in the highest tones several times. Various media speculated that the statements were part of a “charm offensive” to ensnare the potential newcomer.
In an interview with the “sports picture” the successful coach now speaks rather cautiously about the transfer poker for the coveted Englishman. “We would be stupid if we didn’t have him on the screen,” he admits. But there was a meeting with the player and his parents and advisors “These things don’t work at all because he’s under contract with Borussia Dortmund and that doesn’t work without his consent,” explains Klopp.
He does not want to say more about the status of the negotiations. Since there is currently a bid for the BVB professional, Klopp has to be careful not to drive up the price. “I don’t like talking about money when it comes to a player like him,” he recently admitted at a press conference. In addition, the 55-year-old has “no idea what the World Cup means in terms of money.”
Bellingham scored one goal and one assist in five World Cup games.Image: dpa / Robert Michael
In Qatar, Bellingham was able to convince as director of the English team, even if the Three Lions failed in the quarter-finals to runners-up France. Bellingham’s market value is likely to have increased further as a result.
2027 at the earliest: Klopp on his ambitions as national coach
Klopp was disappointed at the World Cup with the early elimination of the German national team. “I would have liked to see how we fought our way into the tournament, like Argentina did after losing to Saudi Arabia at the start,” he revealed to “Sport Bild”. The fact that Messi was ultimately able to crown his career with the world title feels “right”.
Lionel Messi won a World Cup at the fifth attempt. Image: AP / Martin Meissner
In the DFB-Elf is “It wasn’t so much the performance in the three games that was disappointing – which was mostly okay – but the result“, says Klopp. The German team can still hope for the EM 2024, “because it’s a home tournament.” However, Germany also has to overcome very strong competition with Portugal, England and France. “So it won’t be easy “Klop knows.
Klopp finds it a “strange situation” that he himself has already been traded as a potential Löw or Flick successor. On the one hand, there are “worse things than being named as a possible national coach”, on the other hand, Klopp has always been committed/bound elsewhere at the decisive moment. “I’m responsible in Liverpool and I can’t just say: I’m gone now,” Klopp told “Sport Bild”.
For the future he made it clear: “It’s not entirely out of the question that I’ll become a national coach at some point.” However, at the earliest one year after his contract in Liverpool ends, Klopp estimates – that would be 2027.
