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Jobe Bellingham Joins Borussia Dortmund: Follows In the Footsteps Of Big Bro Jude
Jobe Bellingham is set to join Borussia Dortmund from Sunderland for £28m, following the same path his brother Jude once took. The 19-year-old midfielder aims to make his mark in the Bundesliga.
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Jobe Bellingham is poised to swap Sunderland for Borussia Dortmund after the clubs agreed an initial fee of around £28m, potentially rising to £32m.
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Jobe Bellingham is poised to swap Sunderland for Borussia Dortmund
The 19-year-old England Under-21 midfielder, the younger brother of Real Madrid’s Jude Bellingham, has just played a key part in helping Sunderland to secure promotion to the Premier League but is now following in his sibling’s footsteps and heading to the Bundesliga.
Dortmund will pay Sunderland a fixed fee of €33 million (£27.8m)
As per Fabrizio Romano, Dortmund will pay Sunderland a fixed fee of €33 million (£27.8m) with a potential additional €5m (£4.2m) in add-ons for Bellingham’s signature. The clubs have also agreed to a 15 percent sell-on clause in the deal. The young midfielder was expected to depart the Stadium of Light this summer.
🚨🟡⚫️ EXCL: Jobe Bellingham to Borussia Dortmund, here we go! 💣
€33m fixed fee, €5m add-ons to Sunderland… and also 15% sell-on clause.
Record sale for #SAFC and huge fee after initial €20m bid rejected. Excellent addition for BVB.
Another Bellingham in Dortmund! 🫂🐝 pic.twitter.com/2W0pRcTHel
— Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) June 8, 2025
As a defensive midfielder, Jobe Bellingham played 43 matches for Sunderland in all competitions during the 2024-25 campaign, scoring four goals and providing three assists.
Dortmund is a club the Bellingham’s know extremely well after Jude’s successful spell there. He was only 17 when the German side paid Birmingham City an initial fee of £25m to sign him in July 2020. It proved to be a bargain.
Jude made 132 appearances over a three-year stint at Signal Iduna Park, winning the DFB Pokal in 2021.
He narrowly missed out on the Bundesliga title as a knee injury meant he was an unused substitute when they drew with Mainz on the final day of the 2022-23 season. Victory would have made them champions for the first time in 11 years.
Jude was named Bundesliga Player of the Season, and within months had joined Real Madrid for an initial £88.5m. He helped Real win the Champions League and La Liga in his first season, and the Uefa Super Cup and Fifa Intercontinental Cup in his second.
The Teenager is named in the England squad for the Under-21 European Championship
Moreover, while the teenager is named in the England squad for the Under-21 European Championship, which will begin on June 11 in Slovakia, head coach Lee Carsley has confirmed that the players will be released from the national team to participate in the Club World Cup.
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