Topics: Jude Bellingham, Real Madrid, Transfers, Transfer News, Birmingham City, Borussia Dortmund
Jude Bellingham has made his views on potentially playing in the Premier League clear amid reports of the Real Madrid playmaker being linked with a switch to the English top flight.
Bellingham came through the youth team ranks at hometown club Birmingham City before switching to Borussia Dortmund in 2020 for a reported initial £25m.
The midfielder spent three seasons at the Bundesliga club before making the switch to Los Blancos in the summer of 2023 for a reported initial transfer fee of €103m.
So far at the Santiago Bernabeu, Bellingham has won La Liga, the Champions League, the Supercopa de Espana, the UEFA Super Cup and the FIFA Intercontinental Cup.
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Bellingham has also picked up 46 caps for England and scored six goals for the Three Lions, having been part of the squads which finished as runners-up in both Euro 2020 and Euro 2024, and reached the quarter-finals of the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.
The 23-year-old is yet to play in the Premier League, having played in the Championship for Birmingham during his only professional season playing in England, during which he scored four goals in 44 matches for the Blues across all competitions.
Therefore, having played in the German and Spanish top flights, there remains the question of if he will ever do the same in England.
Recently, reports have suggested that should Cole Palmer make a return to old club Manchester City, then Chelsea would want Bellingham to replace his England team-mate as the club's 'dream signing'.
It would not be a straightforward deal though, given Real's unwillingness to sell Bellingham and the sheer amount of money it might take to force their hand into considering this prospect.
Such a signing would also go against Chelsea's transfer policy of recent years through signing players who are seen as more up and coming talent with the potential to develop, rather than going for acknowledged world-class ability, which Bellingham surely fits the description of.
And another reason why such a move is unlikely is based upon Bellingham's own thoughts of potentially playing in the Premier League, which he has played down the prospect of ever happening a few years ago.
Speaking back in October 2023 to Channel 4, Bellingham said he wants to remain at the Santiago Bernabeu for at least a decade and potentially up to 15 years, which could turn out to be entirety of his playing career and therefore casts doubt on the idea of him ever playing in England's top flight.
Via the Evening Standard, Bellingham said: "This is the club I want to be at for the next 10 to 15 years of my life. I am loving it there."
