Rio Ferdinand has lobbied his former team Manchester United to sign Dortmund’s Jude Bellingham before rivals Liverpool and Manchester City.
The 19-year-old became the first midfielder in the history of the competition to score in three straight games when he scored and assisted in Dortmund’s 4-1 victory over Sevilla.
A special #UCL night. pic.twitter.com/7fIy3Ky3xi
— Jude Bellingham (@BellinghamJude) October 5, 2022
Bellingham has excelled for Dortmund since his move to Germany, ahe was even named captain last night as the Bundesliga giants took control of their group.
The former Birmingham midfielder met with Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, Sir Alex Ferguson, and Eric Cantona at Carrington to negotiate a transfer to Manchester United in 2020, but ultimately decided to join Dortmund instead of the Red Devils.
Given that Bellingham is entering the final two years of his contract with the club, he has been anticipated to leave Dortmund next summer.
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With Liverpool and City leading the race for his signature, Dortmund are demanding for over £130m to allow the England star depart the club.
However, Ferdinand has urged his former team to enter the race. He tagged United and used the “phone emoji” on Twitter to go along with his BT Sport comments that Bellingham is a “beast.”
☎️ @ManUtd https://t.co/FIEvNe5wbW
— Rio Ferdinand (@rioferdy5) October 5, 2022
“We said it as soon as we saw it, what he’s doing in his position, at his age, we haven’t seen. The best of our generation, Lampard, Gerrard, Scholes, Vieira, Roy Keane, those guys weren’t doing this,” he told BT Sport.
“I’m just saying that they weren’t doing this. He’s still got to go on an prove it and do it over a long period of time. But they weren’t doing what he is doing right now. Influencing a game at this level, captaining a team at this level.
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‘He’s the full package and mentally, this kid’s a beast. No doubts about that. One thing you have to say about him, whoever gets him, one question that won’t have to be answered is the temperament.
‘When you’re making big transfers, the temperament is the key thing you need to get right. This kid has already proved that his temperament is not even a question mark.’
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