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Liverpool are NOT out of the race for Jude Bellingham

The race for Jude Bellingham remains open and complicated due to the number of moving parts. The England midfielder is contracted at Dortmund until 2025 and there is no release clause. That means Dortmund don’t actually have to sell this summer, although suitors are pushing for a transfer at the end of the season. To succeed, it’s going to cost £100m+.

Liverpool, Manchester City and Real Madrid remain the three primary contenders. The Manchester United and Chelsea links are less concrete at this point. Manchester United will prioritise a traditional number nine, and the outlay required to do so, and afford Bellingham on top, would require close to a record window spend – and right now it remains unclear who would foot that bill: the Glazers or a new owner. Meanwhile, Chelsea’s owners hugely admire Bellingham, but they are not frontrunners.