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Jude Bellingham is currently one of the most covered to players in Europe,

standing out, of course, for Borussia Dortmund in the Bundesliga and the Champions League.

And big things will be expected of him if he gets his chance for England at this year's World Cup.

And the battle to sign him, it feels like, is already underway. So what is Dortmund's stance, which clubs are most likely to sign him, it feels like, is already on the way. So what is Dortmund's stance,

which clubs are most likely to sign him? And what is it about Bellingham that makes him so good?

I'm Mark Chapman. This is the Athletic Football podcast.

Hey, Drew, don't make it. As far as Marco Royce is deflected in here is Jude Bellingham

For me it's all about the feeling that I get from the people and the ambition

People bring up money and all that rubbish

But I wouldn't play for a club that I genuinely didn't fall in love with

You know I felt a strong connection with the people at Dortmund

They told me you know if you come here We'll develop you, you'll get game time,

and you'll be an international in two years.

So with us for this one, the Athletics Raffa Honeysstein, who covers German football for us.

We've got Jack Pickbrook who covers England

and James Pearce, our Liverpool writer who's written a big old read on the battle for Bellingham.

And I suppose, James, the fact that you are on is a clue to who we think are the favourites to sign him domestically, at least. Would that be fair?

I think certainly the club, you'd say, have the greatest need and certainly probably, I don't

think anyone admires him more than Yergan Klopp and Liverpool's recruitment staff who viewed

Jude Bellingham as the complete

box-to-box midfielder. And I think also when you look at what's coming up on the horizon

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