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Topics: Inter Milan, Jude Bellingham, Real Madrid
Josh Lawless
Inter Milan chief Beppe Marotta has made a transfer admission about Real Madrid star Jude Bellingham, with Jurgen Klopp inclined to agree.
Bellingham is one of the most valuable players in football at present, having already scored an incredible 18 goals in his debut season at Real.
Los Blancos forked out £88.5 million to make the England midfielder their new Galactico but he has been nothing short of revelation for the La Liga leaders.
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Manchester United and Liverpool were long-term admirers of the 20-year-old but Real snapped him up and handed him the No.5 shirt worn by Zinedine Zidane.
But Marotta, who was previously at Juventus, has shared his appreciation of the former Borussia Dortmund star.
Asked which player he would sign if he was presented with a blank cheque, the 66-year-old singled out at the Birmingham City academy product.
He told Goal: "If I had an unlimited budget, who would I take from Inter? There are many. I have to say one thing: it is much more difficult to have money than not to have it.
"When you don't have it you have to be more creative. We often say this to each other with Piero Ausilio. Bellingham. He's a player who makes me enjoy a lot."
Liverpool were well in the race for Bellingham at one stage but back in April 2023, Jurgen Klopp announced the Reds withdrew from the race.
The German made a "Ferrari" analogy when discussing Bellingham, who was deemed to be too expensive.
“It’s not about Jude Bellingham,” Klopp said, as per The Guardian.
“I never understood why we constantly talk about things we theoretically cannot have. We cannot have six players in the summer, every player being £100m. You have to realise what you can do and then you have to work with it. It’s about how much money you have, and you work with that.
“We are not children. You wouldn’t ask a five-year-old what they want at Christmas and if they say ‘a Ferrari’, you would not say: ‘Oh, that is a good idea.’ "No, you would say it’s too expensive and you cannot drive it."