Sunderland targeting Jobe Bellingham | FootballFanCast.com

Sunderland are reportedly fascinated by signing Birmingham Metropolis midfielder Jobe Bellingham in January, and the Black Cats shall be hoping that he can emulate his older brother Jude.

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In accordance with TEAMtalk, the Black Cats, Newcastle United and Middlesbrough are all set to be embroiled in a northeastern battle to signal the 17-year-old starlet, who has adopted within the footsteps of his brother by establishing himself in Birmingham’s first group at a younger age.

The report claims that, whereas he isn’t held in the identical excessive regard as Jude – who appears more likely to go away Borussia Dortmund in an eye-watering deal for round £130m within the close to future – he’s nonetheless considered as a prime prospect by the Blues.

Sunderland’s personal £130m expertise?

It will be unfair to anticipate Jobe to have the identical monumental rise as his older brother, who lately starred for England on the World Cup in Qatar regardless of being simply 19 years previous, however he actually appears to have loads of potential.

The teenager already has 15 first-team appearances for Birmingham to his title, though the overwhelming majority of these have come from the bench.

There may very well be a temptation for the Blues to play {the teenager} at each alternative given the meteoric rise of Jude after he established himself as a daily at St Andrew’s, however former supervisor Lee Bowyer steered that Jobe’s onerous work is the principle purpose for his involvement as a senior participant, after he made his senior debut in January.

Bowyer said: “He’s earned that, he’s been coaching with us for 2, three, 4 weeks now, you possibly can simply see him rising and bettering daily.”

The attacking midfielder’s contract at Birmingham is ready to run out in 2024 and the Blues will certainly need to be certain that they don’t lose him on a free switch, so they might look to money in on him in 2023.

If Sunderland may carry him in for a comparatively small switch price, it may undoubtedly be definitely worth the outlay, as there isn’t a telling simply how drastically Bellingham would develop if he will get common soccer on the Stadium of Gentle.

There shall be quite a lot of stress on his younger shoulders however the potential reward for Sunderland may very well be large, particularly if he turns into even half the participant that his brother (who got here second within the Kopa Trophy rankings final 12 months) already is at simply 19, so the Black Cats ought to undoubtedly attempt to signal the 17-year-old expertise.