Bellingham at Juventus? In 2020 it seemed one step away: the backstory

A great Napoli had to bow in front of a Martian: Jude Bellingham. On the evening at Maradona, the twenty-year-old English midfielder confirmed that he has a very bright future ahead of him. In the Blanca jersey he is surprising everyone with his personality, as well as his technical and athletic abilities. Carlo Ancelotti’s compliments are just one of the authoritative voices that project him towards a career as number one.

that visit to vinovo

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And to say that in the spring of 2020, not yet of age, Jude together with his parents landed in Turin one fine day to visit Vinovo and Continassa. These are decisive days for his professional choices, given that he has now chosen to leave Birmingham and is looking around to plan his future. Juve’s offer is attractive from an economic point of view, the technical path involves an immediate inclusion in the Juventus under-23s with the prospect of gradually arriving in the first team. A story that emerged over time, at that time no one knew this boy who was shining in the English youth national teams at that time.

Borussia wins

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After a few weeks of reflection, however, the Bellingham family opted for Borussia Dortmund. The German club’s investment is 30 million euros, but above all the yellow and blacks guarantee him immediate inclusion in the first team squad. And it is this difference that convinces him to opt for a club that in recent years has evidently demonstrated how much space it can give to young people: from Haaland to Sancho, without going back to the Frenchman Dembele. In short, the facts say that Borussia Dortmund capitalized on that investment in the best possible way, given that in the summer Jude moved to Madrid for 103 million plus bonuses: a deal that is destined to make people forget even Mbappé’s failure to arrive in Madrid.

dalla bundesLIGA al real

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Also on this occasion the will of the player and his family was decisive, considering that the best European clubs were on his trail. With the Premier League in the lead. Instead, his arrival in La Liga was already important, with a set of goals and assists that indicated him as the true new leader on the pitch for Ancelotti’s team. The rest will be seen. There certainly remains bitterness within Juventus at not having been able to materialize a coup which, perhaps, would have also overshadowed Pogba’s discovery in 2016. Then the Octopus he arrived on a free transfer. Instead, Bellingham would have cost a lot more, but the facts say that the Juventus staff at that time had the intuition to find one of the best young players of the new generation. Too bad the Bellingham family had other things on their minds.