Jude and Jobe Bellingham could make Club World Cup history after record Dortmund transfer

Jude and Jobe Bellingham could make history at the Club World Cup after the younger of the two joined Borussia Dortmund for a record transfer fee.

Jobe has followed in his brothers footsteps, leaving the Championship to join Borussia Dortmund in a €32 million (£26.96 million) deal, with an additional €5 million (£4.2 million) in add-ons.

It is a club record fee for Sunderland, who signed Bellingham in 2023 for just £1.5 million from his boyhood club Birmingham City.

Dortmund wanted to bring in the 19-year-old for the FIFA Club World Cup, which gets underway on Saturday, 14 June.

And with his older brother Jude playing for Real Madrid at the competition in the USA, fans may not have to wait long to see the brothers go head to head.

If they do play each other, it will be the first time that siblings have ever faced each other in a Club World Cup.

Jude and Jobe Bellingham with their parents. Credit:Marc Atkins / Contributor via Getty Images

When could they face each other?

Dortmund and Madrid have been drawn in separate groups, so fans will have to wait at least until the knockout stages.

Borussia Dortmund are in Group F alongside Brazil's Fluminense, Japan's Ulsan HD and South African side Mamelodi Sundowns.

And Real Madrid will take on Saudi Arabia's Al-Hilal, Mexico's Pachuca and Austria's RB Salzburg in Group H.

Both Dortmund and Madrid are expected to win their groups.

If they do, then the Belllingham's will face each other in the quarter-finals, presuming they do not get knocked out in the last 16.

Dortmund's last 16 opponent would be the runner-up from Group E which contains: River Plate, Urawa Red Diamonds, Monterrey and Inter Milan.

But Real Madrid would likely have a more difficult fixture, as they are in line to play the runner-up from Group G.

They would play Manchester City, Wydad AC, Al Ain, or Juventus.

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What happens if they don't win their groups?

If one team wins their group and the other finishes as runners up, then they cannot face each other until a potential final in mid-July.

But if they both finish as runners-up, then a quarter-final clash is on the cards.

Will they both play at the Club World Cup?

Jude has been a key player for Real Madrid since he moved in 2023 for £88 million, so will definitely play.

Jobe has only just made the switch to Dortmund, so the Germans may not be willing to throw a teenager straight into action on the world stage.

But the Championship's young player of the season showed he is not overawed by pressure in Sunderland's promotion-winning campaign.