{"id":622342,"date":"2023-02-27T06:25:53","date_gmt":"2023-02-27T11:25:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?p=622342"},"modified":"2023-02-27T06:25:53","modified_gmt":"2023-02-27T11:25:53","slug":"jude-bellingham-liverpool-top-target","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2023\/02\/27\/jude-bellingham-liverpool-top-target\/","title":{"rendered":"Fabrizio Romano: \u2018Fabulous\u2019 Midfield Talent Remains \u2018Top Target\u2019 for Liverpool"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jude Bellingham remains Liverpool\u2019s \u201ctop target\u201d for their midfield, <a href=\"https:\/\/caughtoffside.substack.com\/p\/the-daily-briefing-matheus-nunes\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">according to Fabrizio Romano<\/a>. The 19-year-old has emerged as one of the world\u2019s most coveted prospects and Liverpool are one of a host of European clubs who would love Bellingham in their ranks.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Liverpool Prioritising Their Jude Bellingham Pursuit<\/strong><\/h2>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83d\udea8 EXCLUSIVE \ud83d\udea8 <\/p>\n<p>Jude Bellingham remains Liverpool&#39;s top target for the summer \ud83d\udd34<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FabrizioRomano?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@FabrizioRomano<\/a> has also said to keep an eye on Matheus Nunes \ud83d\udc40<\/p>\n<p>Full story \ud83d\udc47\ud83d\udc47<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; CaughtOffside (@caughtoffside) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/caughtoffside\/status\/1629808194745782272?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">February 26, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Jurgen Klopp Desperate to Secure Bellingham<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/theathletic.com\/4240258\/2023\/02\/23\/bellingham-liverpool-united-real-madrid\/?source=emp_shared_article\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">David Ornstein of The Athletic<\/a> reported that Jurgen Klopp is transfixed by the possibility of signing Bellingham. The Reds manager is more likely to spend big on him than sign two other midfielders for the same price.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The midfielder has been in imperious form this season and has been promoted to captain of Borussia Dortmund. Bellingham has registered 16 goal contributions in 30 appearances this campaign. His excellent displays at the World Cup for England also resulted in ex-Manchester United captain, Rio Ferdinand, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/fifa-world-cup\/article-11483611\/Jude-Bellingham-receives-HUGE-praise-dazzling-World-Cup-performance.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">hailing<\/a> the 19-year-old as &#8216;fabulous&#8217;.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Read More: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2023\/02\/24\/manchester-united-face-competition-for-jude-bellingham-deal\/\" target=\"_self\">Manchester United Among Contenders for Jude Bellingham Signing<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Although Liverpool are enduring a disastrous season and look likely to miss out on Champions League qualification, Ornstein insisted that this shouldn&#8217;t affect Bellingham&#8217;s decision. Bellingham is said to be a huge admirer of Klopp and his ability to build a winning team and develop young players.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Bellingham Set to Be One of the Most Expensive Transfers in History<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">One potential stumbling block in Liverpool\u2019s pursuit of Bellingham could be his extraordinary price tag. Ornstein believes that Bellingham could cost suitors around \u00a3130 million, which is nearly double the amount of Liverpool\u2019s club-record transfer.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Other European juggernauts, including Manchester City, Manchester United and Real Madrid are also keenly tracking Bellingham. These clubs are arguably more likely to pay this astronomical fee due to their previously lavish expenses.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Who Are Liverpool\u2019s Alternatives to Bellingham?<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Romano revealed that a revamp of Liverpool\u2019s midfield is a top priority for their summer transfer agenda and that the club will be linked with up to 20 midfielders in the coming months.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There could be multiple departures in Liverpool\u2019s midfield this summer. The futures of Naby Keita and Alex-Oxlade Chamberlain are very uncertain, whilst Arthur Melo\u2019s loan has been ravaged by injuries. Others, including Fabinho, Jordan Henderson and James Milner are ageing and have rapidly declined this season.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Read More: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2023\/02\/24\/eni-aluko-victor-osimhen-chelsea\/\" target=\"_self\">Eni Aluko: Chelsea Should Look to Sign Victor Osimhen\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Romano has listed Mason Mount, Ruben Neves, Matheus Nunes and Ryan Gravenberch as other potential targets instead of Bellingham. Mount\u2019s contract negotiations have stalled due to reluctance to sign a deal for more than five years. Wolverhampton Wanderers duo Neves and Nunes both have the capability to compete at a higher level, whilst Gravenberch has struggled for game time at Bayern Munich.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a id=\"7PizZa_eSyV994yQEnoqxw\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1469504278\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'7PizZa_eSyV994yQEnoqxw',sig:'NxKO3CvbfCPPHE_qoa1Mke72TzuYxuY6AeBH5lYsb5E=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'1469504278',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jude Bellingham remains Liverpool\u2019s \u201ctop target\u201d for their midfield, according to Fabrizio Romano. The 19-year-old has emerged as one of the world\u2019s most coveted prospects and Liverpool are one of a host of European clubs who would love Bellingham in their ranks. Liverpool Prioritising Their Jude Bellingham Pursuit \ud83d\udea8 EXCLUSIVE \ud83d\udea8 Jude Bellingham remains Liverpool&#39;s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4415,"featured_media":622352,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[16,8383,7188],"tags":[4097,7298],"class_list":["post-622342","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-liverpool","category-borussia-dortmund","category-rumours","tag-jude-bellingham","tag-liverpool-transfer-rumours"],"modified_by":"Harry Dowsett, Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/622342","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4415"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=622342"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/622342\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/622352"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=622342"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=622342"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=622342"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}