Real Madrid sign Bellingham - and they’re not done yet
The Athletic FC Podcast
The Athletic
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🗓️ 8 June 2023
⏱️ 29 minutes
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Summary
How Real Madrid won the race to sign Jude Bellingham and why he chose La Liga over the Premier League..
We also have all the detail of how much are they paying Dortmund, how Real funded the deal and why they will not be finished spending just yet.
Mark Chapman is joined by The Athletic's David Ornstein - who broke the story - our German football writer Rafa Honigstein & Dermot Corrigan who is in Madrid
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| 0:00.0 | The Athletic. Coming up, how Rail Madrid won the race to sign Jude Bellingham and why he chose La Liga over the Premier League. I'm Mark Chapman. This is the Athletic Football podcast. Jude Bellingham. Jude Bellingham. Jude Bellingham. We're talking about Jude Bellingham. Langer ball in the spitz. |
| 0:21.1 | Brandt. |
| 0:22.1 | On Bellingham, Bellingham, 9 meter. |
| 0:23.9 | Bellingham, Seekyllis. |
| 0:27.2 | Belingham shrugs off, Silas, Jew Bellingham. |
| 0:32.0 | As we reported exclusively on the Athletic yesterday, |
| 0:35.6 | Real Madrid is said to pay for Russia-Dortmund more than |
| 0:37.9 | 86 million pounds or $107 million for Jude Bellingham in what will be one of the highest |
| 0:44.3 | value transfers in the history of both clubs. |
| 0:47.2 | It's a new, a modern midfielder. |
| 0:50.2 | This is why everyone wants him because he can do almost everything. |
| 0:53.4 | That's excellent. Jude Bellingham. This is absolutely brilliant. Jude Bellingham. |
| 1:00.4 | We're joined today by the Athletics German football writer, Ralph Honegstein and Dermott |
| 1:06.0 | Corrigan, who is in Spain. First though, David Ornstein broke the story yesterday. Here he is, with all the |
| 1:12.5 | details on Jude Bellingham, go to Rail Madrid. Thanks, Mark. Yep, as we've reported exclusively |
| 1:18.9 | on the Athletic yesterday, Rail Madrid is set to pay Barusia Dortmund more than £86 million, |
| 1:24.1 | or $107 million million for Jude Bellingham |
| 1:27.8 | in what will be one of the highest value transfers |
| 1:30.3 | in the history of both clubs. |
| 1:32.5 | The deal isn't yet signed, |
| 1:34.1 | but that's among the formalities that will follow, |
| 1:36.7 | with Bellingham expected to undergo a medical in the coming days. |
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