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      Liverpool planning double midfield transfer for Jude Bellingham and Matheus Nunes as Jurgen Klopp plans squad overhaul

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      LIVERPOOL are planning a double midfield transfer swoop for Jude Bellingham and Matheus Nunes, according to reports.The Reds are in dire need of a facelift in the middle of the park.
      Liverpool are big admirers of BellinghamCredit: Getty
      Nunes is also on the Reds’ radarCredit: Getty
      Jordan Henderson, James Milner and star man Thiago are over 30, while holding midfielder Fabinho is nearing it at 29.
      Naby Keita, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain and Arthur have rarely featured for the Reds this season due to injury struggles.
      And according to the Daily Mail, Jurgen Klopp is set to freshen up his midfield options with Bellingham and Nunes being targeted.
      Liverpool are huge admirers of Bellingham, 19, who is Borussia Dortmund’s star man, as well as a starter for Gareth Southgate’s England.
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      The player is good friends with Reds captain Henderson and right-back Trent Alexander-Arnold.
      However, Bellingham is attracting interest from most of Europe’s elite clubs.
      Real Madrid and Manchester City are two other teams keeping tabs on the ex-Birmingham ace.
      Bellingham would be rumoured to cost £88million plus future add-ons, which could take the deal towards £125m-£130m.
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      Nunes, meanwhile, only joined Wolves in the summer from Sporting Lisbon.
      And despite Wolves’ Premier League woes, Nunes has been a standout performer.
      Nunes joined Wolves for a club record £42m and the Midlands club are unlikely to take a loss on the 24-year-old.

      He also has a big reputation with City boss Pep Guardiola, who once described him as one of the best midfielders in the world, even while he was playing his trade in Portugal.
      Klopp got a closer look at Nunes on Tuesday night, when his Liverpool team beat Wolves 1-0 in an FA Cup third round replay. More

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      Wolves 0 Liverpool 1: Harvey Elliott screamer sees Jurgen Klopp’s men through to FA Cup 4th round with first win of 2023

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      PERHAPS Jurgen Klopp might be a little less loyal after this. The Liverpool boss had been accused of sticking too rigidly to a once-mighty group of players who have stumbled into mid-table this season. 
      Liverpool are through to the FA Cup fourth roundCredit: Getty
      Harvey Elliott celebrates scoring for LiverpoolCredit: Reuters
      Here, he made eight changes and discovered there is life beyond his first-choice side – not least teenager Harvey Elliott, whose early banger settled this third-round replay in favour of the FA Cup holders.
      Klopp’s men will now make a swift return to Brighton – the scene of Saturday’s 3-0 pasting – for a tricky fourth-round tie.
      While Match of the Day’s live coverage of this tie was sabotaged by rogue erotic noises during the pre-match punditry, there was little too sexy about the football at a brass-monkeys Molineux.
      Still, it was a first victory of 2023, at the fourth attempt, for Liverpool – and how Klopp needed it after taking such a gamble with his team selection.
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      While the Reds weathered some serious Wolves pressure in the second half, Elliott’s long-range effort – which caught keeper Jose Sa off his line – was enough to see them through.
      Klopp is famous for his contempt of Cup replays. He didn’t even turn up the last time Liverpool were involved in one, against Shrewsbury three years ago, when he said his reserve manager and the stiffs to that Anfield rematch. 
      This time, he made wholesale changes from the strong side which had been lucky to earn a home draw against Wolves in the original match, when a couple of bizarre VAR calls kept the holders in the competition. 
      Saturday’s 3-0 hammering at Brighton, described by Klopp as the worst performance he had ever presided over, might have encouraged a few changes but this was nothing like a first-choice line-up. 
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      Wolves had more possession and more passes against Liverpool
      Harvey Elliott was a constant threat for Liverpool
      Wolves had been resurgent under Julen Lopetegui, clambering out of the relegation places since the World Cup break – but the Spaniard also made seven changes and Wolves lacked cohesion for the first hour before they finally got their game together all too late.  
      The pre-match fireworks were welcome for once – generating some much-needed heat on a bitter night. 
      While Gary Lineker & Co sounded like they were getting fruity in the studio, the chief concern at Molineux, on the outskirts of Antarctica, was the avoidance of a Prince Harry-style frozen penis. 
      And the gremlins soon struck again when, inside a minute of kick-off, Adama Traore raced down the right flank and, just as he was about to deliver a cross, the floodlights cut out for a second or two, throwing the stadium into drakness and the match into confusion. 
      Soon Traore did send over a visible centre and Raul Jimenez headed wide at the near post.
      But Klopp’s men seized the advantage on 13 minutes, Kostas Tsimikas feeding Thiago Alcantara who swept a pass to Elliott, still inside his own half.
      The teenager advanced and, spotting Jose Sa off his line, thumped one left-footed from 25 yards beating the Wolves keeper all ends up. 
      Tsimkas soon shot over from an angle and Cody Gakpo narrowly cleared the bar, as Klopp’s sweeping changes were beginning to look like a worthwhile gamble. 
      Harvey Elliott putting Liverpool in the leadCredit: Getty
      Wolves were disjointed, struggling to play it out from the back, and Sa was suffering a shocker, missing punches and decidedly dodgy with his feet. 
      Fabio Carvalho found the net but was clearly offside from a Naby Keita pass.
      Traore managed to get round the back of the Reds defence but after cutting inside he miscued his shot. 
      There was little surprise when Lopetegui made a double substitution at half-time, sending on Matheus Nunes and Nelson Semedo for youngsters Joe Hodge and Dexter Lembikisa. 
      When Wolves did string a decent move together, Rayan Alt-Nouri and Jimenez combining to tee up Traore, the brawny winger spooned his shot into the icy heavens. 
      Liverpool were subdued but largely in control, Spanish kid Stefan Bajcetic anchoring the midfield without shinpads but with plenty of class. 
      Still, Klopp sent for Mo Salah, along with Curtis Jones and Nat Phillips – Cody Gakpo, Carvalho and Milner making way. 
      Ruben Neves had pinging peachy passes from the deep all night, yet Wolves were continually wasting his efforts. 
      Matheus Cunha played a one-two with Jimenez and won a dangerous free-kick from a leaden-footed Phillips – Nunes stepped up and curled it narrowly over the bar. 
      Wolves were well on top now but when Traore found a decent centre, Jimenez header over from close range under pressure from Joe Gomez.
      Cunha lashed a volley wide and headed weakly at keeper Caoimhin Keller late on, with Liverpool struggling to get out of their own half.
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      But after the miserable season Klopp’s men have been suffering, small mercies must be met with gratitude. 
      The defence of this Cup might yet offer some cheer to a miserable old campaign. 
      Jurgen Klopp celebrates his first win of 2023Credit: Rex More

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      Arsenal and Man Utd’s seasons have been thrilling tales of the unexpected thanks to Liverpool collapse and Man City slip

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      IT’S the end of the world as we know it — and it’s extraordinarily good fun.At the halfway stage of the Premier League season, the state of the nation is a state of unprecedented flux.
      Arsenal are flying high at the top of the Premier League tableCredit: AFP
      Manchester United are resurgent under Erik Ten HagCredit: Reuters
      Three of England’s four Champions League places look very likely to change hands.
      Three fully-established top-flight clubs occupy the relegation places — West Ham, Southampton and Everton, an ever-present since 1954.
      Fulham, Brighton and Brentford all sit proudly in the top eight, above Liverpool and Chelsea.
      Arsenal and Manchester United could face off on Sunday as the top two in the league, with Newcastle tucked in behind them as if it’s 1997 all over again.
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      This wasn’t supposed to happen. Pep Guardiola’s Manchester City and Jurgen Klopp’s Liverpool were meant to be continuing their duopoly — two truly great teams dominating the English game as they’d done for the previous five years.
      And while the resurgence of Arsenal under Mikel Arteta and United under Erik ten Hag have been thrilling tales of the unexpected, neither would be sitting so loftily without the collapse of one empire and the alarming cracks beginning to show in another.
      Suddenly, both Liverpool and City have lost a lot of what made them so great.
      Liverpool are no longer dynamic, manic pressing, never-knowingly-beaten “mentality monsters”.
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      And City aren’t quite the pass-you-to-death, liquid-football, Barcelona-built model we are used to.
      For Klopp, it feels terminal. For Guardiola, it is too early to say.
      But both managers have lost their sense of permanence, both teams their aura of near-invincibility.
      Liverpool have clocked up 92 points or more in three of the past four seasons — the only exception being the freakish behind-closed doors 2020-21 campaign when all of their senior central defenders suffered long-term injuries. This season they are on target for less than 60.
      Klopp’s side have been humped at Brentford and Brighton in their last two league games, with the German finally running out of daft excuses and admitting Saturday’s visit to the Amex was the worst performance he had ever presided over.
      Before the World Cup, Klopp spoke reasonably — but tellingly — about the impossibility of competing financially with clubs funded by nation states, City and Newcastle.
      It sounded like the time when Bayern Munich nabbed one too many of his Borussia Dortmund players and he finally realised that, after two Bundesliga titles, he was fighting a losing battle in German football and quit his former club.
      Cracks are starting to appear for Pep Guardiola at Manchester CityCredit: Getty
      Jurgen Klopp’s Liverpool have collapsed this season, most recently at BrightonCredit: AP
      Yet it is not just City and Newcastle that Klopp’s men are failing to compete with — the Reds are 19 points adrift of an Arsenal side with a significantly lower wage bill.
      Liverpool, built on athleticism, stamina and mental fortitude, have suddenly grown old and tired, as has Klopp himself.
      And now you genuinely would not be surprised if he left Anfield this summer, an eventuality which seemed unthinkable when his side came close to completing the Quadruple eight months ago.
      City, second in the table and the highest scorers in the top flight, are in nowhere near as bad a state — but the signing of Erling Haaland has weirdly destabilised them.
      On the surface it seems ludicrous that a team which won back-to-back titles without a regular, authentic centre-forward should decline after signing the most prolific striker of the Premier League era.
      But City’s best recent performance, and certainly their most typically Pep-ish display, was the 4-0 FA Cup hammering of Chelsea, which Haaland sat out.
      Guardiola may have been sulky and sarcastic in the wake of Saturday’s Manchester derby defeat at Old Trafford when he claimed “I don’t care” whether City win the title because they had “won it a lot”.
      When the mighty fall, as Liverpool and City have done, the chaos can be glorious.Dave Kidd
      City’s focus, even more so than usual, is on winning the Champions League —  especially with England’s other three representatives, Liverpool, Chelsea and Tottenham, all in disarray.
      But Guardiola’s team are often struggling to play to Haaland’s strengths and, after last week’s deserved League Cup defeat at rock-bottom Southampton, Ilkay Gundogan made the stark admission that City’s players were lacking “hunger and desire”.
      All in all, the problems of City and Liverpool add to the gaiety of the nation.
      For too long, the Premier League — while offering thrilling one-off matches — had too predictable a table.
      Now, with English football’s financial might allowing smaller Premier League clubs to compete financially with major European powers in the transfer market, there is far greater potential for unpredictability.
      No fixture can be taken for granted. Brentford have beaten both Manchester clubs and Liverpool, while Brighton have defeated United, Liverpool and Chelsea.
      Run your club as well as the Bees or the Seagulls, and you can thrive.
      Spend your riches badly, like Everton or Chelsea, and you will struggle.
      When Leicester won the title in 2016, it may have been the unlikeliest story in ­football history but it was only possible because most of the Big Six were in transition or turmoil.
      For when the mighty fall, as Liverpool and City have done, the chaos can be glorious.
      This is a season to cherish because we haven’t got the slightest clue what will happen next.
      Everton fans’ banners weren’t going to trouble the Poet LaureateCredit: PA
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      THE violent intimidation tactics of Everton supporters forced board members to stay away from Saturday’s loss to Southampton.
      But even worse were the appalling nursery-level rhymes on the protestors’ banners at Goodison Park.
      As Rik Mayall’s Lord Flashheart, surely a closet Evertonian, said in Blackadder Goes Forth: “I’m sick of this damned war — the mud, the noise, the endless poetry…”
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      THERE’S fury among Arsenal fans after their side was charged with “failing to control players” twice in the space of a week — after confronting referees mob-handed in matches against Newcastle and Oxford.
      But we know they love it really — because you can only hold a proper persecution complex if you know you’re big enough and relevant enough to be persecuted.
      And Arsenal are big and relevant again.

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      EARLIER in the season, we all speculated on whether a centre-half in the entire Premier League could keep Erling Haaland quiet.
      Erik ten Hag decided the answer was to play Luke Shaw in central defence, in front of three experienced international specialists in that position.
      Unlike the other bald bloke in a roll-neck sweater managing in Manchester, when Ten Hag “over-thinks” things, it actually seems to work.
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      THERE was some surprise Eddie Howe selected Joelinton to play for Newcastle against Fulham days after being arrested and charged with drink-driving.
      As if a manager happy to take Saudi blood money could worry too much over morality.
      A huge banner of Howe unfurled at St James’ Park on Sunday read, “We’re not here to be popular, we’re here to compete”.
      After years as a comedy club, the Geordies are fully embracing villainy.
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      WE are fast approaching the moment when the average length of a contract handed to a new Chelsea signing will overtake the average amount of time served in prison for committing murder.
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      AUSSIE run machine Steve Smith has been offered some batting practice in English conditions by playing county cricket with Sussex before this summer’s Ashes.
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      Chelsea, Man City and Liverpool on Jude Bellingham transfer red alert as Dortmund ‘count on selling star this summer’

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      PREMIER LEAGUE trio Chelsea, Manchester City and Liverpool have reportedly received a boost in their bid to sign Jude Bellingham.The midfielder has attracted attention from several high-profile clubs across Europe.
      Borussia Dortmund could sell Jude Bellingham in the summerCredit: Getty
      Borussia Dortmund rate the star very highly and were set to hold talks with him this month about renewing his contract.
      But according to AS those discussions never took place, and that means the German side are open to selling Bellingham in the summer.
      The England international has a contract with Dortmund until 2025 but they could look to cash in at the end of the season for maximum profit.
      Otherwise, they risk losing him on the cheap or even as a free agent if he winds down his contract.
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      Dortmund have reportedly set Bellingham’s asking price at £88million, though add-ons could mean the total price is between £125m-£130m.
      Bellingham is believed to prefer a move to Real Madrid and he produced a wry smile in reaction to a fan telling him join the LaLiga giants.
      But Real are unwilling to break their wage structure to sign the 19-year-old so are refusing to pay him more than £200,000-a-week.
      The likes of Chelsea, City and Liverpool could all offer Bellingham a bigger salary and may be able to meet Dortmund’s asking price.
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      However Real could persuade him to join by pointing to their successful track record of integrating youngsters into key first-team roles including Eduardo Camavinga, Aurelien Tchouameni and Federico Valverde.
      Manchester United are also believed to be eyeing Bellingham and could sign him alongside Frenkie de Jong next summer to bolster their midfield. More

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      Liverpool snubbed by ‘next Erling Haaland’ as Norwegian prodigy Andreas Schjelderup joins Benfica instead in £12.5m deal

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      LIVERPOOL have reportedly missed out on a deal to sign the “next Erling Haaland”. This is because 18-year-old sensation Andreas Schjelderup has moved to Benfica.
      Andreas Schjelderup has scored 10 goals in 17 games for NordsjallandCredit: Getty
      Schjelderup, who plays for Danish side Nordsjælland, has reportedly agreed to move to Portugal for £12.5million plus 20 per cent of any future sale.
      Benfica representatives are apparently set to fly to Copenhagen to finalise the deal.
      And Fabrizio Romano has revealed the winger was the subject of interest from Liverpool.
      He indicated there were “concrete talks” between the two parties, but that ultimately Benfica was deemed to be the “best step” in his fledgling career.
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      The Norway U21 star has lit up the Danish league this season, scoring 10 goals in 17 appearances.
      The transfer will make him the second most expensive Norwegian teenager ever, after none other than Manchester City ace Haaland – who Liverpool also missed out on.
      Brentford, who have a host of Scandanavian talent, were also interested in a transfer along with clubs from Belgium, Holland, Spain and Germany, as reported by TV2.
      Jurgen Klopp’s side have already signed Cody Gakpo this January, with the Dutchman making his full debut in the controversial FA Cup tie against Wolves.
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      And despite claims there could be “investment” in January, Liverpool have failed to make any new additions, with fans and Jamie Carragher critical over not signing a new midfielder – though a £44m bid for Matheus Nunes was rejected.
      Indeed, owners FSG confirmed they were considering selling the club if the right offer came in. More

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      Liverpool ace Gilly Flaherty retires from football bringing curtain down on 22-year playing career

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      GILLY FLAHERTY has called time on her spell as a footballer following a playing career spanning just over two decades. The Liverpool centre-back, 31, made her decision after a chat with loved ones following the passing of her father shortly before Christmas.
      Gilly Flaherty made 177 appearances in the WSL playing for Arsenal, Chelsea, West Ham and LiverpoolCredit: Getty
      Flaherty made history when she became the first player to score a goal in the Women’s Super LeagueCredit: Getty Images – Getty
      The WSL veteran was part of a Chelsea team that won the Blues’ first trophy double with their FA Cup and WSL title wins in 2015Credit: Getty
      Flaherty’s news comes three days before Matt Beard’s Reds take on Manchester United away.
      The match is one of six games taking place this weekend with the return Women’s Super League action. 
      The former England centre-back, who began her journey as a player at the age of nine in Millwall Lionesses’ youth team, says her decision was one that had not been taken easily. 
      The London-born WSL star currently holds the record for highest number of appearances as a player in the league having featured in 177 games. 
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      Flaherty told Liverpool’s website: “It isn’t a decision I’ve taken lightly but one I’ve reached after speaking with those closest to me.
      “Losing my dad just before Christmas has left me heartbroken – for 22 years we shared our love of football and playing-wise I don’t want to carry on without him by my side.
      “Playing-wise, I know the right decision is for me to call it a day. The time is right for me to be around my family and to be nearest to those closest to me.
      “I want to thank Liverpool, especially Beardy (Matt Beard) and Russ (Fraser) for bringing me to the club.
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      “I’d also like to thank the Liverpool fans for supporting me and taking me in.
      “Even though it has not been a finished journey I’d like to think the fans saw commitment and dedication to the badge from me and I gave 110 per cent in every game.
      “I also wish to thank the players for being there for me throughout my time at the club and I wish them nothing but success for the rest of the season.
      “And to all the former teammates I’ve ever had the pleasure to share a field with and the professionals I’ve played against on a weekly basis.
      “I’m grateful to have been part of an era before we turned pro, where we had to work as well as play football.”
      Flaherty began her senior career at Arsenal in 2006, a club with whom she would win 17 trophies during a seven-year stint with the side. 
      Silverware wins include five FA Cups and a Champions League winners medal with the Gunners
      And the defender also won four WSL titles during her playing career.
      In 2011 Flaherty became first player to score a goal in the Women’s Super League with her firing home from a Kim Little corner kick to seal Arsenal’s 1-0 win against Chelsea in April that year. 
      She would later join the Blues in January 2014 going on to win two of her four WSL titles with the team before a 2018 move to a West Ham side then coached by Beard. 
      And in July last year Flaherty would be reunited with Beard when she joined his Liverpool team following their promotion and return to the top tier. 
      Beard, 45, said: “She has achieved everything there is to achieve in the domestic game.
      “We just wish her every success in all her future endeavours.”
      Flaherty appeared in her last game when the ninth-placed Reds beat West Ham 2-0 at home in December. 
      Flaherty joined Liverpool in July 2022 and played her final game for the club last DecemberCredit: Getty
      A win against United could see the team move up to eighth spot should Aston Villa draw or defeat Tottenham on Saturday.
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      Flaherty added: “It’s been an honour to have been there from the very beginning, to have committed my whole career to English football and to the WSL for the past 11 or 12 years.
      “To have witnessed the growth and be a part of that has been truly special.” More

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      Watch awkward moment Liverpool boss Klopp asks ex-Man City star Nedum Onuoha if he’s ever played football live on TV

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      JURGEN KLOPP awkwardly asked ex-Manchester City defender Nedum Onuoha if he has “ever played football” during a tense interview. Liverpool were held 2-2 on the weekend in the FA Cup against Wolves, leaving manager Klopp less than impressed.
      Jurgen Klopp had an awkward interview with Nedum Onuoha

      And Onuoha, who retired in 2020 and now works for ESPN, had the tough task of speaking to the German afterwards.
      But Klopp took exception to the line of questioning and at one point said: “I’m not sure if you’ve played football but these kind of things happen.”
      Onuoha, in fact, made more professional appearances then Klopp!
      He has played around the world with the likes of City, QPR and Real Salt Lake in the MLS.
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      ESPN compared his stats to Klopp during the Liverpool bosses playing days.
      Onuoha made 426 appearances in total compared to Klopp’s 347.
      And perhaps most damning of all, the ex-defender played in 232 top-flight games while Klopp had none.
      The Liverpool head coach played in Germany throughout his career although never in the Bundesliga.
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      But as a manager, he has won the Premier League and Champions League.
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      So Onuoha did not want to make enemies of a modern great during their tense interview.
      He said: “Do you know what? If he was in a good mood, I probably would have said something back.
      “But he wasn’t in a good mood at all. And I thought for my first time interviewing someone so significant in world football, if I bit back it might turn into some sort of argument.
      “So I thought there’s the content, I’ll let you guys enjoy it, and we’ll move on, get a bit more from him. I thought I did all right.”
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      Jude Bellingham transfer will cost £100million UP FRONT as Dortmund tell Man Utd, City and Liverpool and Co to stump up

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      JUDE BELLINGHAM’S admirers will have to pay around £100million up front if they hope to sign Europe’s hottest property in the summer.Both Manchester clubs and Liverpool would love to bring him to the Premier League, while Real Madrid are confident they can trump them all.
      Borussia Dortmund won’t let Jude Bellingham leave on the cheapCredit: Getty
      Borussia Dortmund are understood to have told all interested parties they are prepared to do  business — if the majority of Bellingham’s valuation is paid in one hit.
      And with a fee in the region of £130m being quoted, any serious buyer will have to come up with a huge down payment.
      It has made a top-four finish vital for Liverpool, while United know they need the same after slipping down the pecking order of go-to clubs for players in recent seasons.
      With Bellingham’s wages expected to be in the region of £300,000 per week and a hefty signing bonus, Dortmund expect their stance to flush out the serious bidders.
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      The Bundesliga side have to factor in a five per cent sell-on clause to the England midfielder’s former club Birmingham, agreed as part of the deal which saw them sign the teen for £22m in 2020.
      There is growing feeling in Germany that Madrid and City lead the race for the 19-year-old, due to their financial clout.
      City could raise around £75m if Bernardo Silva is sold at the end of the season, while Ilkay Gundogan is also in the final six months of his contract.
      Despite Madrid’s strong links to Bellingham, boss Carlo Ancelotti recently distanced his side from a swoop.
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      The Italian, who already boasts a midfield including Luka Modric, Aurelien Tchouameni, Eduardo Camavinga and Fede Valverde, said: “Bellingham has shown at the World Cup that he is a great midfielder, but so have others.
      “Enzo Fernandez has played very well. Gavi and Pedri as well.
      “Bellingham is one of those very good midfielders, but I’ll stick with the ones we have.” More