{"id":173229,"date":"2025-06-10T15:08:09","date_gmt":"2025-06-10T15:08:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/173229\/"},"modified":"2025-06-10T15:08:09","modified_gmt":"2025-06-10T15:08:09","slug":"jobe-bellingham-to-play-at-club-world-cup-after-completing-dortmund-move-borussia-dortmund","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/173229\/","title":{"rendered":"Jobe Bellingham to play at Club World Cup after completing Dortmund move | Borussia Dortmund"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jobe Bellingham has completed his big-money move to Borussia Dortmund<\/a> from Sunderland in time to feature at the Club World Cup.<\/p>\n

The Bundesliga club have confirmed the 19-year-old midfielder has signed a five-year deal after they agreed a deal with the Black Cats which it is understood could eventually amount to almost \u00a332m.<\/p>\n

A statement read: \u201cWelcome to Dortmund, Jobe! The 19-year-old England Under-21 international joins on a five-year deal and will wear No 77 at the Fifa Club World Cup<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n

Bellingham, who joined the Black Cats from Birmingham for \u00a31.5m during the summer of 2023, is following in the footsteps of older brother and England international Jude, who spent three seasons with Dortmund before moving to Real Madrid.<\/p>\n

He told the club\u2019s official website: \u201cI\u2019m very happy to be a Borussia Dortmund player now and to fight for titles together with this great club. I want to play my part in celebrating success with these great fans here and will work on myself and with the team every day. And I\u2019m very happy that I\u2019ll be wearing the black and yellow jersey at the Fifa Club World Cup.\u201d<\/p>\n

Sunderland confirmed the fee they will receive is a club record and that they have negotiated sell-on clause understood to be 15%. Sporting director Kristjaan Speakman told the club\u2019s official website: \u201cJobe wanted to create his own story, be part of a new Sunderland<\/a>, and make a lasting impact. He achieved all of this, and although we are naturally disappointed to lose a player of Jobe\u2019s quality, everyone at SAFC wishes him well in this next stage of his journey.\u201d<\/p>\n

Bellingham is the flagbearer for Sunderland\u2019s policy of investing in young players with potential and leaves having played a key role in last season\u2019s promotion to the Premier League via the Championship playoff final. He bid a fond farewell to the club and its supporters in a message posted on his Instagram account.<\/p>\n

Bellingham wrote: \u201cDear Sunderland, It\u2019s time for me to say farewell to all the loyal people of Sunderland, who have powered me through two incredible years in Red and White. Your support, on so many occasions, has completely blown me away, especially in the times of adversity which we pulled through together. You welcomed me with open arms as a kid leaving home for the first time, and I am proud that our relationship has grown to be so strong ever since.<\/p>\n

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\u201cYour support for the team and I since I arrived at your beloved club was unwavering, and for that I am forever indebted to you as people and supporters. I will always represent Wearside in all that I strive to achieve for the rest of my career, wherever that may be. I hope that I have made you proud along the way, and in return you have made me the player that has reached the heights I find myself at today. So thank you. I will love and remember you fondly for the rest of my life, from the bottom of my heart.<\/p>\n

\u201cI tried to embody the passion you have for the city on the football pitch and I\u2019m so incredibly delighted that our journey came to an end with a victory at Wembley to restore the club in its rightful place. To the staff, players and most importantly the supporters thank you so much and good luck for the future. Jobe, Adopted Mackem.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jobe Bellingham has completed his big-money move to Borussia Dortmund from Sunderland in time to feature at the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":173230,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4100],"tags":[94,79,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-173229","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-football","8":"tag-football","9":"tag-sports","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114659701764866882","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/173229","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=173229"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/173229\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/173230"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=173229"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=173229"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=173229"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}