Why Bellingham to Real isn't a done deal. Yet.
The Athletic FC Podcast
The Athletic
4.0 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 10 May 2023
⏱️ 35 minutes
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Summary
Host Ian Irving is joined by The Athletic's Guillermo Rai, Sam Lee and Raphael Honigstein to explore Jude Bellingham's proposed summer transfer to Real Madrid, over a return to England and the Premier League...
Why Man City have positioned themselves as "Release Clause FC", the impact of Real Madrid's very public failed pursuit of Kylian Mbappe last summer and Borussia Dortmund's negotiating position.
Plus, an insight into the way the Bellingham camp operate, why so many players can't resist the lure of Los Blancos, which 'football project' is the most enticing and why a move to Pep's City might not actually make sense.
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| 0:00.0 | The Athletic |
| 0:02.9 | For many Tuesdays, Champions League semifinal, |
| 0:07.4 | was a contest between the two strongest teams in Europe, |
| 0:10.7 | and for many, Dortmund's Jude Bellingham walks into both squads. |
| 0:14.8 | So where does his future lie, |
| 0:16.5 | and what's best for the 19-year-old English sensation? |
| 0:20.2 | I'm Ian Irving, and this is the Athletic Football |
| 0:22.3 | Podcast. Right, we've got quite a line-up for this one, so joining us are the German |
| 0:33.2 | football writer Raffer Honekstein, the Real Madrid correspondent, Guillermo Rai, and the Manchester |
| 0:37.9 | City writer Sam Lee. Sam, Guillermo, I'm guessing you were both there last night. What was it |
| 0:43.4 | like, Sam? I thought it was a better game than last season, but without the drama, obviously. |
| 0:48.5 | Really good atmosphere the whole way through. Madrid had much more of a threat last year. |
| 0:52.4 | I thought City did quite well to ride out all the possible storms that you get at the Bernabéi. |
| 0:57.8 | Yeah, it was good game. |
| 0:59.0 | Guillermo, did you hear the name Jude Bellingen mentioned at all? |
| 1:02.3 | Yeah, always is there at the Bernadero's stance. |
| 1:06.0 | Yeah, the atmosphere, as Sam said, it was amazing. |
| 1:08.8 | I think it was the best night of the season. |
| 1:11.8 | People know that the Champions League is a different tournament. |
| 1:15.0 | Real Madrid is the tournament, and that's why it was the night. |
| 1:19.5 | It certainly was. |
| 1:20.5 | Let's get into the story then around Jude Bellingham, |
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