{"id":172525,"date":"2024-04-17T15:32:31","date_gmt":"2024-04-17T15:32:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/04\/17\/jude-bellingham-reveals-why-he-joined-real-madrid-over-liverpool-man-city\/"},"modified":"2024-04-17T15:32:31","modified_gmt":"2024-04-17T15:32:31","slug":"jude-bellingham-reveals-why-he-joined-real-madrid-over-liverpool-man-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/04\/17\/jude-bellingham-reveals-why-he-joined-real-madrid-over-liverpool-man-city\/","title":{"rendered":"Jude Bellingham reveals why he joined Real Madrid over Liverpool &#038; Man City \u2013"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Jude Bellingham has explained that joining Real Madrid last summer was motivated by the \u201cproject\u201d that was presented to him and everything the club represents, turning down the chance to sign with other European giants in the process.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Liverpool and Manchester City were most keenly pursuing\u00a0Bellingham\u00a0alongside Madrid last season, but it was the latter who convinced him to pick them and a \u20ac134m transfer was sealed in June.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI had conversations with other teams but when\u00a0Madrid\u00a0came in it was a no-brainer really,\u201d the England midfielder said ahead of facing City in the Champions League this week.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe size of the club, the project, the plan going forward, the chance to play with such amazing players: I just jumped at it. That\u2019s why I made my decision.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere are countless things I could name about the club. I feel grateful every time I go into training and wear the badge on the chest.\u201d<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/01hvnpfdps6qreqfsra5.jpg\" alt=\"Jude Bellingham\" title=\"Jude Bellingham\"\/><\/figure>\n<p>Bellingham is in 2024 Ballon d\u2019Or contention \/ Visionhaus\/GettyImages<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n<p><em>90min<\/em>\u00a0reported shortly after the 2022 World Cup\u00a0that Bellingham\u2019s own decisions were key to resolving his future. The first choice he had to make was whether to leave Borussia Dortmund in 2023 or not. Madrid, Liverpool and City had also confidently presented their respective pitches to him. City were hopeful given the appeal of working with Pep Guardiola, who had just agreed a contract extension until 2025 at the time, while Liverpool believed Jurgen Klopp was a similar lure.<\/p>\n<p>Madrid\u2019s pull was Carlo Ancelotti and the way that he has successfully moulded Vinicius Junior, Rodrygo, Aurelien Tchouameni and others from promising youngsters into world class players.<\/p>\n<p>Liverpool later pulled out of the race, with Dortmund\u2019s asking price beyond they were willing to pay. That left Madrid and City in competition for his signature, while Dortmund retained hope they could agree a new contract with a fair release clause to keep him for at least another year, but a meeting in early May\u00a0between Bellingham\u2019s father and Madrid chief scout Juni Calafat\u00a0proved decisive.<\/p>\n<p><!-- AI CONTENT END 1 --><\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jude Bellingham has explained that joining Real Madrid last summer was motivated by the \u201cproject\u201d that was presented to him and everything the club represents, turning down the chance to sign with other European giants in the process. Liverpool and Manchester City were most keenly pursuing\u00a0Bellingham\u00a0alongside Madrid last season, but it was the latter who [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":172526,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-172525","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Jude Bellingham reveals why he joined Real Madrid over Liverpool &amp; Man City \u2013 - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/04\/17\/jude-bellingham-reveals-why-he-joined-real-madrid-over-liverpool-man-city\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Jude Bellingham reveals why he joined Real Madrid over Liverpool &amp; Man City \u2013 - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Jude Bellingham has explained that joining Real Madrid last summer was motivated by the \u201cproject\u201d that was presented to him and everything the club represents, turning down the chance to sign with other European giants in the process. 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